Psychiatric evaluation of a 'monk' requesting castration: A patient's fable, with morals

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 155, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 415-420

  Roberts, Laura Weiss ^a,b   Hollifield, Michael ^a   McCarty, Teresita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CASTRATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEPRESSION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; LIBIDO; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MOOD; MORALITY; ORCHIECTOMY; PATIENT RIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; RELIGION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0031894961     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.155.3.415     Document Type: Conference Paper

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