Life threatening self-mutilation of the nose
Akhtar, S.; Hastings, B.W.
Journal of Clinical Psychiatry 39(8): 676-677
1978
ISSN/ISBN: 0160-6689 PMID: 681308 Document Number: 125863
Potentially life threatening self-mutilation of the nose in a patient with a severe passive aggressive character disorder is described. The phenomenological and psychodynamic features of this case are contrasted with those of schizophrenia and factitious dermatoses with similar excoriations.