Self-Cannibalism (Autosarcophagy) in Psychosis: A Case Report : The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

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Self-Cannibalism (Autosarcophagy) in Psychosis

A Case Report

Libbon, Randi MD*; Hamalian, Gareen MD, MPH*†; Yager, Joel MD*

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*Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora; and †Denver Health Hospital, Colorado.

Send reprint requests to Randi Libbon, MD, Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado School of Medicine, 13001 East 17th Place, Building 500, Room E2322, Mail stop F546, Aurora, CO 80045. E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected].

The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease 203(2):p 152-153, February 2015. | DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0000000000000252

Abstract

Only nine previous cases of self- or auto-cannibalism (autosarcophagy) have previously been reported in the literature. Here, we report a 29-year-old man with psychosis and a history of polysubstance use who presented after his second attempt to self-cannibalize. This case raises questions about the underlying causes and dynamics of self-cannibalism in psychiatric illness and its relation to other types of self-harm behavior.

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