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Published on: October 6, 2014
Self- enucleation of eyes in schizophrenia- an unusual mode of deliberate self harm
P N Kumar1, N Subramanian, A M Koyamu
1P.N. SURESH KUMAR, M.D., D.P.M., D.N.B.(Psych.), M.N.A.M.S., Senior Lecturer, Department of Psychiatry, Department of Ophthalmology Medical College, Kozhikode-673009.
Abstract:
Self inflicted injury to the eyes including self-enucleation is a rare phenomenon. The authors describe a case of bilateral self-enucleation in a patient with paranoid schizophrenia. A review of literature shows that self-enucleation is correlated with moral, religious and psychodynamic paradigms and various unconscious mechanisms have been proposed to explain this unusual behaviour.

