Phallicide a Rare Mode of Suicide: A Case Report

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2023-09-08

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https://doi.org/10.55229/ijbs.v26i2.12

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Depression, Suicide, Penile Self Amputation, Phallicide

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Vol. 26 No. 02 (2023): Indian Journal of Behavioural Sciences

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CASE REPORT

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Authors

  • Abhinesh Nand Department of Psychiatry, MLN Medical College, and SRN Hospital, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India.
  • Abhishek Pratap Singh Department of Psychiatry, MLN Medical College, and SRN Hospital, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India.
  • Shirish Mishra Department of Urology, MLN Medical College, and SRN Hospital, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India
  • Nand Asare Department of Psychiatry, MLN Medical College, and SRN Hospital, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Abstract

Suicide is one of the major health problems worldwide and suicide is frequently associated with psychiatric illness. Depression is one of the common psychiatric illness which is associated with suicide.  Patients attempt suicide by various methods and genital self-mutilation or phallicide is a very rare method for attempting suicide. Hereby we are reporting a case of 63-year-old male a case of severe depression who attempted suicide by phallicide and who was managed in a multidisciplinary team for managing both psychiatric and surgical emergencies.

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Nand, A., Pratap Singh, A., Mishra, S., & Asare, N. (2023). Phallicide a Rare Mode of Suicide: A Case Report. Indian Journal of Behavioural Sciences, 26(02), 158–160. https://doi.org/10.55229/ijbs.v26i2.12

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