Auto-vampirism in borderline personality disorder: A case report (tur)

Auto-vampirism is a rare behavioral disorder in which a person sucks her/his own blood. The remarkable finding occurring in psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia but it can be seen in other psychiatric diseases. Personality disorders are also one of these diseases. Borderline personality disorde...

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Main Authors: Aslı Kazğan, Sevler Yildiz, Sevda Korkmaz, Murad Atmaca
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: ANP Publishing 2021-05-01
Series:Klinik Psikiyatri Dergisi
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Online Access:https://jag.journalagent.com/z4/download_fulltext.asp?pdir=kpd&un=KPD-79095
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Sevler Yildiz
Sevda Korkmaz
Murad Atmaca
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description Auto-vampirism is a rare behavioral disorder in which a person sucks her/his own blood. The remarkable finding occurring in psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia but it can be seen in other psychiatric diseases. Personality disorders are also one of these diseases. Borderline personality disorder is a personality disorder characterized by imbalance in interpersonal relationships and mood, suicidal behavior, self-confusion and impulsivity. Impulsivity is one of the diagnostic criteria of borderline personality disorder. In this article we aimed to mention a patient, applying to us with complaints of self mutilation and after giving pleasurable blood sucking behaviour, diagnosed with borderline personality disorder accompanied by auto-vampirism and improvement in her clinical course with psychotherapy and psychopharmacological treatment method.
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spelling doaj.art-138bb87e3f96489e9eed831b44b20e452023-02-15T16:12:53ZengANP PublishingKlinik Psikiyatri Dergisi1302-00992021-05-0124226526910.5505/kpd.2020.79095KPD-79095Auto-vampirism in borderline personality disorder: A case report (tur)Aslı Kazğan0Sevler Yildiz1Sevda Korkmaz2Murad Atmaca3Siverek State Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, ŞanlıurfaTunceli State Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, TunceliFırat University, Medical Faculty, Department of Psychiatry, ElazığFırat University, Medical Faculty, Department of Psychiatry, ElazığAuto-vampirism is a rare behavioral disorder in which a person sucks her/his own blood. The remarkable finding occurring in psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia but it can be seen in other psychiatric diseases. Personality disorders are also one of these diseases. Borderline personality disorder is a personality disorder characterized by imbalance in interpersonal relationships and mood, suicidal behavior, self-confusion and impulsivity. Impulsivity is one of the diagnostic criteria of borderline personality disorder. In this article we aimed to mention a patient, applying to us with complaints of self mutilation and after giving pleasurable blood sucking behaviour, diagnosed with borderline personality disorder accompanied by auto-vampirism and improvement in her clinical course with psychotherapy and psychopharmacological treatment method.https://jag.journalagent.com/z4/download_fulltext.asp?pdir=kpd&un=KPD-79095borderline personality disorderauto-vampirismself mutilation
spellingShingle Aslı Kazğan
Sevler Yildiz
Sevda Korkmaz
Murad Atmaca
Auto-vampirism in borderline personality disorder: A case report (tur)
Klinik Psikiyatri Dergisi
borderline personality disorder
auto-vampirism
self mutilation
title Auto-vampirism in borderline personality disorder: A case report (tur)
title_full Auto-vampirism in borderline personality disorder: A case report (tur)
title_fullStr Auto-vampirism in borderline personality disorder: A case report (tur)
title_full_unstemmed Auto-vampirism in borderline personality disorder: A case report (tur)
title_short Auto-vampirism in borderline personality disorder: A case report (tur)
title_sort auto vampirism in borderline personality disorder a case report tur
topic borderline personality disorder
auto-vampirism
self mutilation
url https://jag.journalagent.com/z4/download_fulltext.asp?pdir=kpd&un=KPD-79095
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