Van Gogh syndrome

Van Gogh syndrome is a condition of mental status in which an adult person performs self-mutilations. It usually happens on the ground of a specific psychiatric condition.[1][2] The term is derived from a behaviour of Vincent Van Gough in 1888 when he cut off his ear after a quarrel with Paul Gauguin[3][4] during one of his psychotic episodes.[5] The sufferers might burn themselves, attempt to severely damage their genital organs (especially amputate their penis), castrate themselves, axtract their own eyes, amputate their own hands, or commit suicide.[5]

Self-injury in children is seen in different conditions such as Lesch-Nyhan and Munchausen syndromes.[6]

Another medical condition in which the term is rarely used is when the vision turns yellow for a period of time for example in digoxin toxicity.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "The van Gogh Syndrome: An Unusual Case of Polysurgical Addiction | American Journal of Psychiatry". ajp.psychiatryonline.org. Retrieved 2018-09-19.
  2. ↑ "Van Gogh Syndrome| Journal of Nepal Health Research Council". jnhrc.com.np. Retrieved 2018-09-19.
  3. ↑ Segen, J. (2010). Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. BookBaby. ISBN 9781609840730. Retrieved 2018-09-19.
  4. ↑ Taylor, R.B. (2016). White Coat Tales: Medicine's Heroes, Heritage, and Misadventures. Springer International Publishing. p. 128. ISBN 9783319290553. Retrieved 2018-09-19.
  5. 1 2 "Postgraduate Medical Journal". Blackwell Scientific Publications. 1 July 1998 – via Google Books.
  6. ↑ "The American Journal of Psychiatry". American Psychiatric Association. 19 September 1967 – via Google Books.
  7. ↑ "Toronto Notes 2011 - Cardiology_and_Cardiovascular_Surgery - [PDF Document]". vdocuments.site.
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