Presentation and resolution of gender dysphoria as a positive symptom in a young schizophrenic man who presented with self‐emasculation: Frontiers of bioethics, psychiatry, and microsurgical genital reconstruction

Gender dysphoria can present as a positive symptom of schizophrenia. Completion of gender affirmation surgeries should not occur as a result of male genital self‐mutilation via a deferral of emergent surgical reconstruction. Instead, gender affirmation should be considered after a full workup and as...

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Published inClinical case reports Vol. 8; no. 9; pp. 1735 - 1740
Main Authors Wilcox Vanden Berg, Rand N., Gaffney, Christopher D., Paduch, Darius A.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Bognor Regis John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.09.2020
John Wiley and Sons Inc
Wiley
Subjects
Amputation
Bioethics
Case Report
Case Reports
Circumcision
Gender dysphoria
Hallucinations
Hematoma
Homeless people
Hypothyroidism
Penis
Psychiatry
Psychosis
Psychotropic drugs
Religion
Schizophrenia
self‐amputation
self‐castration
Surgery
Testes
Thyroid gland
Transgender persons
Trauma
Wound healing
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Summary:Gender dysphoria can present as a positive symptom of schizophrenia. Completion of gender affirmation surgeries should not occur as a result of male genital self‐mutilation via a deferral of emergent surgical reconstruction. Instead, gender affirmation should be considered after a full workup and assessment for resolution of any acute psychosis. Gender dysphoria can present as a positive symptom of schizophrenia. Completion of gender affirmation surgeries should not occur as a result of male genital self‐mutilation via a deferral of emergent surgical reconstruction. Instead, gender affirmation should be considered after a full workup and assessment for resolution of any acute psychosis.
ISSN:2050-0904
2050-0904
DOI:10.1002/ccr3.2935