Self-Bloodletting: An Unusual Form of Self-Mutilation in Adolescence

被引:5
作者
Dursun, Onur Burak [1 ]
Tas, Fatma Varol [2 ]
Guvenir, Taner [2 ]
机构
[1] Ataturk Univ, Fac Med, Child & Adolescent Psychiat Dept, TR-25240 Erzurum, Turkey
[2] Dokuz Eylul Univ, Fac Med, Child & Adolescent Psychiat Dept, Izmir, Turkey
关键词
Adolescence; eating disorder; Factitious anemia; Self-bloodletting; Self-harm; Personality disorder;
D O I
10.5152/eajm.2010.27
中图分类号
R5 [内科学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
In this paper, we introduce an adolescent suffering from a rare form of self-mutilation, "self-bloodletting", and discuss dynamics of this maladaptive behavior. Deliberate bloodletting is a rare, but not unheard of, form of selfmutilation associated with eating and personality disorders. Although there are already several case reports in the adult psychiatry literature regarding the clinical features of Lasthenie de Ferjol Syndrome or factitious anemia, this is the first reported adolescent case of self-bloodletting.
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