scholarly journals Autoamputation of Genitalia in Bipolar Patient

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-3
Author(s):  
Vinod Sharma ◽  
Aditi Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Bipolar Disorder ◽  
Psychotic Disorders ◽  
Case Reports ◽  
Bipolar Patient ◽  
Type Ii ◽  
Sexual Offences ◽  
Self Mutilation ◽  
History Of ◽  
Disorder Type ◽  
Married Male

According to literature, genital self-mutilation (GSM) is more commonly associated with psychosis as compared with self-mutilation as a whole. There have been many case reports of GSM in psychotic disorders. We describe herein a case of a Caucasian, employed, and married male suffering from bipolar disorder type II with history of self-mutilating behavior, who amputated his penis during symptom-free phase of his illness. Several features are reflected as risky elements for genital self-mutilation, for example, homosexual and transsexual tendencies, abandonment of the male genitals, lack of competent male for identification during childhood, feeling of guilt for sexual offences, and self-injuries in anamnesis. This report will highlight various factors responsible for self-mutilation in nonpsychotic and nondelusional person.

Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder Type II in Heterozygous Twins

2015 ◽  
Vol 30 ◽  
pp. 1420
Author(s):  
C. Derbel ◽  
J. Ben Thabet ◽  
N. Charfi ◽  
M. Maalej ◽  
L. Zouari ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bipolar Disorder ◽  
Type Ii ◽  
Disorder Type

scholarly journals Interhemispheric functional disconnection because of abnormal corpus callosum integrity in bipolar disorder type II

BJPsych Open ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (6) ◽  
pp. 335-340 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fumihiko Yasuno ◽  
Takashi Kudo ◽  
Kiwamu Matsuoka ◽  
Akihide Yamamoto ◽  
Masato Takahashi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bipolar Disorder ◽  
Corpus Callosum ◽  
Emotional Dysregulation ◽  
Cerebral Hemispheres ◽  
Type Ii ◽  
Emotional Information ◽  
Major Depressive ◽  
Insula Cortex ◽  
Disorder Type ◽  
Ventral Prefrontal Cortex

BackgroundA significantly lower fractional anisotropy (FA) value has been shown in anterior parts of the corpus callosum in patients with bipolar disorder.AimsWe investigated the association between abnormal corpus callosum integrity and interhemispheric functional connectivity (IFC) in patients with bipolar disorder.MethodsWe examined the association between FA values in the corpus callosum (CC-FA) and the IFC between homotopic regions in the anterior cortical structures of bipolar disorder (n=16) and major depressive disorder (n=22) patients with depressed or euthymic states.ResultsWe found a positive correlation between the CC-FA and IFC values between homotopic regions of the ventral prefrontal cortex and insula cortex, and significantly lower IFC between these regions in bipolar disorder patients.ConclusionsThe abnormal corpus callosum integrity in bipolar disorder patients is relevant to the IFC between homotopic regions, possibly disturbing the exchange of emotional information between the cerebral hemispheres resulting in emotional dysregulation.

Screening of bipolarity in a depressed population

2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (S2) ◽  
pp. 253-253
Author(s):  
M. Touhami ◽  
F. Ouriaghli ◽  
F. Manoudi ◽  
F. Asri
Keyword(s):  
Major Depressive Episode ◽  
Screening Tool ◽  
Type Ii ◽  
Average Period ◽  
Major Depressive ◽  
History Of ◽  
Proper Diagnosis ◽  
A Prospective Study ◽  
Disorder Type

IntroductionIt's not always evident to diagnose a bipolar disorder.The difficulties of diagnosis have been demonstrated by several studies, some of which have shown that one out of two bipolars consulted at least three health professionals before receiving a proper diagnosis, with an average period of 10 years evolution prior to diagnosis. hypomania is often experienced by patients as a pleasant experience and not a pathological one, rarely have they reported this phenomenon spontaneously. Thus, the diagnosis of hypomania or BP-II disorder is not established in 50% of cases.Aimsto find the prevalence of bipolar disorder type II in a population of depressed people in order to highlight the role of scales in the early identification of this disease often under-diagnosed.Methodsa prospective study of screening for a history of hypomania in a population of patients hospitalized for consultants or major depressive episode or recurrent depressive disorder; over a period of three monthsThe diagnoses of MDE and RDD were prepared according to the DSM-IV.TR.The screening tool is the Hypomania Checklist (HCL French version) which was completed by patients or by the psychiatrist of illiterate patients after its translation into Arabic dialectResults:Sample of 35 patients: 20 women and 15 men, average age: 34 years; Composed of 25 RDD and 10 MED15 patients answered “yes” to 10 or more items of the HCL-20, hypomanic history was confirmed by a clinical interview in 13 of them

scholarly journals Cognitive dysfunction is worse among pediatric patients with bipolar disorder Type I than Type II

2012 ◽  
Vol 53 (7) ◽  
pp. 775-781 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lindsay S. Schenkel ◽  
Amy E. West ◽  
Rachel Jacobs ◽  
John A. Sweeney ◽  
Mani N. Pavuluri
Keyword(s):  
Bipolar Disorder ◽  
Cognitive Dysfunction ◽  
Pediatric Patients ◽  
Type I ◽  
Type Ii ◽  
Disorder Type

scholarly journals Lifetime history of suicide attempts is associated with poorer social skills in patients with bipolar disorder type I

2010 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 200-201 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cristiana Castanho de Almeida Rocca ◽  
Luciana Gerchmann ◽  
Lena Nabuco de Abreu ◽  
Beny Lafer
Keyword(s):  
Bipolar Disorder ◽  
Social Skills ◽  
Suicide Attempts ◽  
Type I ◽  
Lifetime History ◽  
History Of ◽  
Disorder Type

scholarly journals A case of attempted bilateral self-enucleation in a patient with bipolar disorder

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hannah Muniz Castro ◽  
John Alvarez ◽  
Robert G. Bota ◽  
Marc Yonkers ◽  
Jeremiah Tao
Keyword(s):  
Bipolar Disorder ◽  
Surgical Repair ◽  
Obsessive Compulsive ◽  
Compulsive Disorder ◽  
Self Mutilation ◽  
Intraocular Hemorrhage ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Right ◽  
Psychotic Features ◽  
Tomography Scan

Attempted and completed self-enucleation, or removal of one’s own eyes, is a rare but devastating form of self-mutilation behavior. It is often associated with psychiatric disorders, particularly schizophrenia, substance induced psychosis, and bipolar disorder. We report a case of a patient with a history of bipolar disorder who gouged his eyes bilaterally as an attempt to self-enucleate himself. On presentation, the patient was manic with both psychotic features of hyperreligous delusions and command auditory hallucinations of God telling him to take his eyes out. On presentation, the patient had no light perception vision in both eyes and his exam displayed severe proptosis, extensive conjunctival lacerations, and visibly avulsed extraocular muscles on the right side. An emergency computed tomography scan of the orbits revealed small and irregular globes, air within the orbits, and intraocular hemorrhage. He was taken to the operating room for surgical repair of his injuries. Attempted and completed self-enucleation is most commonly associated with schizophrenia and substance induced psychosis, but can also present in patients with bipolar disorder. Other less commonly associated disorders include obsessive-compulsive disorder, depression, mental retardation, neurosyphilis, Lesch-Nyhan syndrome, and structural brain lesions.

Schizophrenics with a family history of bipolar disorder. Possible involvement of obstetric complications

1993 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 223-226
Author(s):  
H Verdoux ◽  
M Bourgeois
Keyword(s):  
Bipolar Disorder ◽  
Family History ◽  
Case Reports ◽  
Obstetric Complications ◽  
Schizophrenic Patients ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Continuum

SummaryThe case reports of two DSM III-R schizophrenic patients with a family history of bipolar disorder are presented. The two patients had a history of severe obstetric complications (OCs). These cases are discussed in the light of neurodevelopmental theories of schizophrenia and in the continuum view of psychosis.

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