Autophagia

Autophagia (eating one's own body) is not classified as a mental disorder or a symptom of a mental disorder in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), the diagnostic manual used in the United States.

Autophagia occurs when one is compelled to inflict pain upon oneself by biting and/or devouring portions of one's body. It is sometimes seen with schizophrenia,[1] psychosis and Lesch–Nyhan syndrome.[2]

References

  1. ^ Koops E, Püschel K (1990). "[Self-mutilation and autophagia]" (in German). Arch Kriminol 186 (1-2): 29–36. PMID 2278506. 
  2. ^ Frost FS, Mukkamala S, Covington E (2008). "Self-inflicted finger injury in individuals with spinal cord injury: an analysis of 5 cases". J Spinal Cord Med 31 (1): 109–16. PMC 2435035. PMID 18533422. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=2435035. .