RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Rare case report of Van Gogh syndrome in a patient with paranoid schizophrenia
JF General Psychiatry
JO Gen Psych
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP e100095
DO 10.1136/gpsych-2019-100095
VO 33
IS 1
A1 Varchasvi Mudgal
A1 Pali Rastogi
A1 Vijay Niranjan
A1 Ramghulam Razdan
YR 2020
UL http://gpsych.bmj.com/content/33/1/e100095.abstract
AB Self-mutilation is often associated with psychiatric disorders. We describe here a 22-year-old male Indian with decreased sleep, aggressive behaviour, self-muttering, disorganised behaviour, frequent spitting, biting and self-mutilation; he bit off his right ring finger and left thumb (Van Gogh syndrome). Self-harm behaviour was frequently evidenced by family members resulting in various injuries. The patient was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and was treated with anti-psychotics which resulted in a decrease in his behavioural disturbances along with treatment for his self-mutilation injuries. Here we discuss Van Gogh syndrome’s presentation of self-mutilation in paranoid schizophrenia and its implications.