Genital Self-Mutilation in Males: Psychodynamic Anatomy of a Psychosis
Abstract
This paper describes a man who mutilated his genitals while psychotic. His personal case history is analyzed and compared to the findings earlier described in similar patients. The present article attempts to make a psychotic process understandable both in light of the individual patient’s history and in light of shared common unconscious themes.
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