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Self-enucleation: forget Freud and Oedipus, it's all about untreated psychosis
Matthew Michael Large1, Olav B Nielssen
1School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. mmbl@bigpond.com
Abstract:
Self-enucleation is a rare but serious ophthalmological and psychiatric emergency. It has traditionally been considered to be the result of psycho-sexual conflicts, including those arising from Freud's Oedipal complex and Christian religious teaching. However, an analysis of published case reports suggests that self-enucleation is a result of psychotic illnesses such as schizophrenia. Early treatment with antipsychotic medication in the case of unilateral or threatened self-enucleation might prevent some cases of blindness.
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