@article{ref1,
title="Genital self-mutilation in an attempt of suicide by a patient with a borderline personality",
journal="Journal of neurosciences in rural practice",
year="2013",
author="Aalouane, Rachid and Rammouz, Ismail and Hafidi, Hicham and Boujraf, Said",
volume="4",
number="2",
pages="199-203",
abstract="Self-mutilation acts are known to characterize the borderline personality disorders. However, voluntary cutting of the male genital organ remains extremely rare. The present paper reports a case of a 25-years-old young male with a borderline personality. The patient committed a genital self-mutilation (GSM) targeting suicide during incarceration stage in jail. In addition, a discussion of the epidemiological and psychopathological aspects of the self-mutilation of borderline patients was been conducted. A particular interest is attributed to the genital self-mutilation and a review of the literature is presented.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0976-3147",
doi="10.4103/0976-3147.112769",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-3147.112769"
}