A Major Event of Self-mutilation in a Patient with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

Joel P. Johnson M.D. (PGY4), University of California, Davis
Steven Sugden M.D., University of California, Davis
James A. Bourgeois O.D., M.D., University of California, Davis

Abstract

We describe a young adult male with fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) who presented with a non-repetitive, major, genital self-mutilation necessitating urological intervention. On formal psychiatric evaluation, he did not have psychosis or suicidality. Most commonly, self-injury in developmental disability is less severe and more stereotypic; major-class self-mutilation is confined, generally, to psychosis. It is this discrepancy that is the unusual feature of our case.

Recommended Citation

Johnson, Joel P. M.D. (PGY4); Sugden, Steven M.D.; and Bourgeois, James A. O.D., M.D. (2007) "A Major Event of Self-mutilation in a Patient with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome," Jefferson Journal of Psychiatry: Vol. 21: Iss. 1, Article 3.
Available at: http://jdc.jefferson.edu/jeffjpsychiatry/vol21/iss1/3