Cannabis use and genital self-mutilation: an update of case reports

Riv Psichiatr. 2015 May-Jun;50(3):148-50. doi: 10.1708/1910.20800.

Abstract

We reported and compared two case reports of genital self-mutilation with concurrent increasing psychotic symptoms resulting from substance abuse such as cannabis and alcohol.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Alcoholism / complications
  • Amputation, Surgical
  • Anxiety / complications
  • Gender Dysphoria / complications
  • Genitalia, Male / injuries*
  • Hallucinations / etiology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Marijuana Abuse / complications*
  • Marijuana Abuse / psychology
  • Schizophrenia, Paranoid / complications
  • Self Mutilation / etiology*
  • Self Mutilation / psychology