@article{ref1,
title="Voluntary mercury poisoning: biological consequences and psychiatric significance",
journal="Praxis",
year="1997",
author="Jornod, P. and Vannotti, M. and Dascal, D. R. and Auer, C. and Berode, M. and Savolainen, H. and Buclin, T. and Nicod, P. and Waeber, G.",
volume="86",
number="22",
pages="946-951",
abstract="A young patient suffering from schizophrenia had intense headaches and photophobia which were induced by intra-ocular injections of mercury. The clinical diagnosis was established once foreign bodies were visualized on regular X-rays of the patients skull. The mercury intoxication in combination with the secondary irreversible lesions to the eyes necessitated a bilateral enucleation and the use of a chelating treatment with sodium-dimercapto-1-propane sulfate (DMP). Automutilation is a very rare and dramatic complication of schizophrenia. The psychiatric handling and meaning of such dramatic automutilation is discussed in this case report together with a recent review of the toxicologic treatment of mercury intoxication in humans.<p /><p>Language: fr</p>",
language="fr",
issn="1661-8157",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}