Citation

Kumar PN, Subramanian N, Koyamu AM, Kumar R. Indian J. Psychiatry 2001; 43(4): 351-353.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2001, Medknow Publications)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

21407887

PMCID

PMC2956248

Abstract

Self inflicted injury to the eyes including self-enucleation is a rare phenomenon. The authors describe a case of bilateral self-enucleation in a patient with paranoid schizophrenia. A review of literature shows that self-enucleation is correlated with moral, religious and psychodynamic paradigms and various unconscious mechanisms have been proposed to explain this unusual behaviour.

Language: en

Keywords

schizophrenia; deliberate self-harm; Self-enucleation