Zain Majid, Anum Haider, Habib Feroz Kapadia.
Schizophrenia the unique presentation of self-harm - a case report from a developing country.
Professional Med J Jan ;23(06):760-2.

Schizophrenia is a psychiatric disorder and self harm is considered to be a rare presentation of it. Lack of early intervention is mostly suggestive of leading to it. We hereby present a case of a elderly male with chronic schizophrenia who came to our ER with the complains of self assault one day prior to admission, odd behavior, somatic delusions since 8 days, self laughter and self talking since the last 25 years. Being a previously diagnosed case of schizophrenia, he was non complaint with his previous medications, which worsened his condition and led to the patient stabbing himself multiple times after being convinced that there were snakes in his abdomen. The patient was treated with antipsychotics and benzodiazepines, his family was given psycho education and after being stable for a few weeks, he was later discharged and asked to follow up regularly in our OPD.

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