Fan Alexander H
Dr. Fan is a staff psychiatrist, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California.
Psychiatry (Edgmont). 2007 Oct;4(10):60-2.
To inform readers of the psychopathology underlying ocular autoenucleation.
Case report and literature review.
Surgical and psychiatric units of tertiary care medical center.
One male adult patient with schizophrenia.
Clinical results of this patient were resolution of psychotic symptoms with anti-psychotic medication and blindness in patient's left eye.
This case report is consistent with many cases in the medical and psychiatric literature which demonstrate a psychotic illness underlying acts of autoenucleation. A review of the literature emphasizes the need for aggressive multidisciplinary treatment of the medical emergency and underlying psychiatric condition.
向读者介绍眼球自摘除术背后的精神病理学。
病例报告及文献综述。
三级医疗中心的外科和精神科。
一名成年男性精神分裂症患者。
该患者的临床结果是使用抗精神病药物后精神病症状得到缓解,但其左眼失明。
本病例报告与医学和精神病学文献中的许多病例一致,这些病例表明自摘除行为背后存在精神疾病。文献综述强调了对这种医疗急症及潜在精神疾病进行积极多学科治疗的必要性。