Journals / Nöropsikiyatri Arşivi / 2010 / Cilt: 47 - Sayı: 3

Mother picks her child’s skin: A case report

Çocuğunun derisini yolan anne: Bir olgu sunumu

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263–266
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In this paper, we present a case of a patient with lifelong skin picking behaviour, which started at childhood and continued with picking the skins of her two children and with a childhood sexual and physical abuse history.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Psychogenic skin picking is reported to be found in 5.4% of the general public and might accompany other psychiatric disorders.
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Key Findings & Data:The exact place of psychogenic skin picking on the spectrum between impulse control disorder and obsessive compulsive disorder is under discussion and it has also been regarded as a psychosomatic symptom, which helps to neutralize aggressive impulses, or as a self-harm behaviour.
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Conclusion & Impact:In this paper, we present a case of a patient with lifelong skin picking behaviour, which started at childhood and continued with picking the skins of her two children and with a childhood sexual and physical abuse history.
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Abstract

Psychogenic skin picking is reported to be found in 5.4% of the general public and might accompany other psychiatric disorders. The exact place of psychogenic skin picking on the spectrum between impulse control disorder and obsessive compulsive disorder is under discussion and it has also been regarded as a psychosomatic symptom, which helps to neutralize aggressive impulses, or as a self-harm behaviour. In this paper, we present a case of a patient with lifelong skin picking behaviour, which started at childhood and continued with picking the skins of her two children and with a childhood sexual and physical abuse history.

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Psikiyatrik hastalıklarla birlikte görülebilen psikojenik deri yolmaya toplumun %5.4’ünde rastlandığı bildirilmiştir. Dürtü kontrol bozukluğu ve obsesif kompulsif bozukluk yelpazesindeki yeri tartışılan psikojenik deri yolma; kendine zarar verme davranışı ya da saldırgan dürtüleri etkisizleştirmeye yarayan psikosomatik bir belirti olarak da ele alınmaktadır. Bu yazıda çocukluğundan beri sürdürdüğü deri yolma davranışını, iki çocuğunun derisini iz kalacak düzeyde yolarak ilerleten, çocuklukta cinsel ve fiziksel taciz öyküsü olan bir vaka sunulmaktadır.

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TÜZER, V., AKDAĞ, H. A. (2010). Mother picks her child’s skin: A case report. Nöropsikiyatri Arşivi, Cilt: 47 - Sayı: 3, 263–266. https://ajindex.com/articles/292886

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