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Schizophrenia is a serious psychiatric disorder that requires long-term treatment. Poor adherence to medication can lead to serious and possibly life-threatening complications. Genital self-mutilation has been reported in some schizophrenic patients in response to delusions or command auditory hallucination. We report two patients with schizophrenia who carried out genital self-mutilation in response to delusional belief.
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Yusuf, A.J., Bello, A., Abubakar, M.L. et al. Genital self-mutilation in schizophrenic patients. A report of two cases. Afr J Urol 15, 189–191 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12301-009-0035-2
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