The Psychopathological Profile of Cannibalism: A Review of Five Cases.
Adolescent
Adult
Adult Survivors of Child Abuse
/ psychology
Adult Survivors of Child Adverse Events
/ psychology
Antisocial Personality Disorder
/ psychology
Cannibalism
/ psychology
Forensic Psychiatry
Humans
Male
Paraphilic Disorders
/ psychology
Sadism
/ psychology
Schizophrenic Psychology
Young Adult
anthropophagy
cannibalism
forensic psychiatry
forensic science
psychopathy
schizophrenia
Journal
Journal of forensic sciences
ISSN: 1556-4029
Titre abrégé: J Forensic Sci
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 0375370
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Sep 2019
Sep 2019
Historique:
received:
13
04
2019
revised:
15
05
2019
accepted:
16
05
2019
pubmed:
4
6
2019
medline:
18
12
2019
entrez:
4
6
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
In today's society, human cannibalism is extremely rare and represents an unthinkable act of violence. Scientific literature on the topic is sparse due to significant methodological problems, such as collecting enough data and generating unbiased analyses. The purpose of this article is to illustrate some psychodynamic aspects of cannibalism. After a review of the literature, we will present and compare five cannibalistic patients hospitalized in the Henri Colin secure unit (Villejuif, France). The patients described fall into two subgroups, suffering either from severe schizophrenia or from a mixed personality disorder with sadistic and psychopathic features associated with paraphilia. For the schizophrenia group, cannibalism is a self-defense reaction to a perceived threat of destruction: survival depends on the annihilation or assimilation of the other. For the mixed personality disorder group, ego and narcissism are the central issue with a desire to overcome deep-rooted frustrations by means of an extraordinary act.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31157920
doi: 10.1111/1556-4029.14099
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Journal Article
Review
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
1568-1573Informations de copyright
© 2019 American Academy of Forensic Sciences.
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