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abandonment, 50, 55
abiding:
vs. active intervention, 177–79, 208
as responsibility of doctors, 12, 179, 182, 208–9, 211–12
abuse:
child, 53–54
in predisposition to self-injury, 47–48, 54
sexual, 48
academia, madness seen as creative genius in, 109–13
accidental filicide, 142
acne, 68, 79, 81
addiction, to self-injury, 37
ADHD, 127
adrenaline, 6
aggression:
and lack of bonding, 49
of patients, 21–23, 38–43
alcohol, consumption of, 6–7, 21, 31, 35, 36, 37, 100, 138, 142, 163, 171
altruistic filicide, 140–45, 158
American Journal of Psychiatry, 142, 154
Amma the Hugging Saint, 103, 117–19, 133
amputation:
BIID symptoms alleviated by, 87–88
desire for, 12, 83–93
ethical issues in, 85
self-, 33, 49, 56–60, 85–86, 90
Amritaswarup, Swami, 118
Amsterdam, University of, 88
animal-rights movement, 48
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Anna (obsessive-compulsive patient):
diagnosis and treatment strategy for, 157–61, 207
potential for filicide by, 135–41, 144–47, 150
anorexia, 69
antidepressants, 4, 29, 30, 67, 73, 76
antipsychiatry movement, 30
antipsychotics, 29, 108, 126, 130–31, 145
anxiety:
in filicide, 150
in intentional ingestion, 31
in obsessive-compulsive disorder, 158–59
postpartum, 150
in tourists, 120, 122
apotemnophilia, 83
see also body integrity identity disorder
arc-de-cercle (arc-en-ciel), 191–92
arm-drop test, 9–10
Armstrong, Lashanda, 155–56
art, psychotic reaction to, 121–23, 126, 132
Asia, koro in, 198–99
asomatognosia, 92–93
Ativan, 169
Atlantic, 83, 90
attachment theory, 53, 55
autism, 35
autonomy, 12, 89–90
bacchanals, 197
Bacchus (Caravaggio), 122
Baldwin, James, 111
Bar-El, Yair, 119–20
Bartholomew, Robert E., 198–99, 201
Baruch, Jay, 83
Baudricourt, Robert de, 130
Bayne, Tim, 87–89
BBC, 83
“bedlam,” origin of term, 15
Bethlem Royal Hospital, xi, 1, 70
brutal “therapeutic” treatment at, 15–16
“curable” vs. “incurable” classification in, 14–15
history of, 13–16
as tourist attraction, 15
Bible, 34, 119, 121
biopsies, 31
bipolar disorder, 69, 103, 107, 108–9, 112
birds, group dynamics in, 203–5
birdwatching, 114–15
Black Plague, 202
Blaffer Hrdy, Sarah, 153–54
Blom, Rianne, 88
bloodletting, 16
Bodies Under Siege (Favazza), 34
body, intersection of mind and, 12, 163–205, 207
body dysmorphic disorder (BDD), 67–81
BIID compared with, 84–85, 87
causes of, 77–78, 83
persistent, entrenched belief in, 80–81
self-harmful consequences of, 72–75
see also Eddie; Julie
body image:
erroneous self-perception about, 12, 67–96
identity and, 82, 85, 86, 93
body integrity identity disorder (BIID), 83–93
origins of, 91–93
treatment for, 87–91, 93
see also Corinne
Bondy, Philip, 85
bones, breaking of, 36
brain:
effect of early trauma on, 47–48, 55
mind and, 11, 181
neurological function of, 8–9, 11–12, 78, 92–93, 192
brain injury, 8, 12
breasts, self-amputation of, 35
Breathalyzer, 5, 98
Bright Red Scream, A (Strong), 53
British Journal of Psychiatry, 119
British Medical Journal, 123
Brockovich, Erin, 202
Brodie, Benjamin, 84
Broken Mirror, The (Phillips), 74
Brown, John Ronald, 85
Brown University, 40, 48, 53, 104, 176
Brunelleschi’s dome, 123
Buddhism, 17
burial, alive, 70
burning, self-injury through, 12, 35, 36, 75, 139
buzzer system, for emergencies, 166–69, 182
Calder, Alexander, 127
California, University of, at San Diego, 92
Canada, 201–2
cancer:
of author’s mother, 211
treatment of, 129–30
Caplan, Art, 90
Cappello, Mary, 42
Caravaggio, 122, 126, 132
castration, 189
female, 34
self-, 33–34
catatonia, 11, 180, 196
see also Joseph
Cello Concerto in A Minor (Schumann), 111
cellulitis, 166
Center Cannot Hold, The (Saks), 169
central nervous system (CNS), 183
Charcot, Jean-Martin, 190–93, 196, 201
childbirth, 151–52
child murder, see filicide
“Child Murder by Parents: A Psychiatric Review of Filicide” (Resnick), 142
children:
abuse and neglect of, 53, 142, 144, 155
of author, 6, 12–13, 61, 65, 82, 93–95, 114, 130, 133, 147–53, 164, 203–5, 213–16
killing of, see filicide
loss in death of, 209–11
maternal harm to, 12, 135–61
China, 198–99
Christopher, Paul, 104
Church, Archibald, 189
Church of the Holy Sepulcher, 120
cigarettes, in self-mutilation, 35
city syndromes, 119–23
clinical intuition, 106
clitoris, 189
cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), 80
cognitive function, 8
coin-in-the-hand test, 8–9, 180
Colin (spiritual euphoria patient), 97–109, 116, 117, 119, 123–24, 131–32, 208
comas, 12, 178
command hallucinations, 33–35, 56, 59, 164
obsessive thoughts vs., 146–47
Complete Obsession, 83–84, 86
Comprehensive Psychiatry, 140
contagiousness, 198, 199–200
control, through dissociation, 52
conversion disorders, 176
Corinne (BIID subject), 84, 85, 86, 93
cortisol, 150–51, 153
“Crazy” (Gnarls Barkley), 97
Cree tribe, 201–2
Crowder, J. E., 34
Cruise, Tom, 30
culture shock, 122
cutting, self-injury through, 12, 36, 49–53, 75, 139
cysts, 32
Dadd, Richard, 15
Daily Times of Nigeria, 200
dancing plagues, dancing manias, 197–98, 202
“dangerous wellness,” 107
Dante Alighieri, 110
Darjeeling, India, 199
darshan, 118
Darshan: The Embrace, 117–18
Dawn (nurse), 139, 145, 159
death penalty, 155
Deborah (author’s partner), 81–82
author’s relationship with, 6, 8, 61, 65, 93–96, 130–31, 147–48, 151–52, 212–16
in parenting, 12–13, 65, 151–52
defense mechanism, humor as, 42–43, 45–47
deformation, fear of, see dysmorphophobia
delirium, 166
delusions:
in BIID, 97–133
in filicide, 143
paranoid, 15, 109, 115, 122, 123, 124–25, 136, 143
somatoparaphrenic, 91–92
urge toward goodness in, 116–17, 128
see also religious and spiritual delusions
dementia, 112, 210–11
demonic possession, 200–201
dentistry, 71, 74, 79, 86
depression, 1, 91, 106, 111, 113, 195, 208
in catatonia, 3–11, 16
in ingestion, 31, 42–43
medications for, 4, 29, 30
misdiagnosis of, 30
of mothers, 140
postpar
tum, 30, 112
suicide and, 39
symptoms of, 4
Derek (Elizabeth’s son), 209–11
dermabrasion, 68
dermatology, 68, 75
des Agnes, Jeanne, 200–201
“desiccation,” 68
developmental disability, self-mutilation and, 35–36
devil, 15, 140, 143
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), 84, 109
diazepam, 173–74
Dillard, Annie, 117, 132
disability, symptom exaggeration in applicants for, 8
disassociation, 122
disconnection, 32–33
disgust responses, 89–90
disintegration, 122
dissociation, in self-injury, 50–54, 55
divine experiences, 12
doctors:
anger and resentment felt by, 37–38, 42–45, 174–75, 182–84
consulting, 9–10
coping mechanisms for, 42–43, 46–47, 100–101, 106, 179
decision making by, 164–75
ethical responsibilities of, 14, 25, 56–60, 85, 87–93, 119, 125–27
frustation of, 26, 40–42, 44–45, 55
as held accountable for failure, 78–79
as imposters, 182–84
inaction as counterintuitive for, 170–71, 177–79
insurance company pressure on, 14
lack of empathy in, 100–101
primary-care, 6
risks for, 27, 98–99
vulnerability of, 6, 39–42, 136, 170–75, 180–84, 208, 211
see also medicine; psychiatry
double imposter scenario, 182–84
draftees, symptom exaggeration by, 8
Drexler, Melissa “Prom Mom,” 142–43
drugs:
illicit use of, 21, 31, 35, 36, 37, 55, 103, 117, 138, 165
overdose on, 7, 157, 168
see also specific prescription and street drugs
Drury, M. O’C., 130
dysmorphophobia, 69–70
“Dysmorphophobia and Taphephobia” (Morselli), 70
ears, in BDD, 72
eating disorders, 37
ecstasy, psychosis vs., 12
Eddie (BDD patient), 67–71, 73, 75–81, 84
trajectory of treatment for, 76–77, 79–81
ego-dystonic visions, 158
elective amputation, ethics of, 85, 87–93
electroencephalogram (EEG), 172, 175
Eliot, George, 107
Elizabeth (despondent patient), 209–11
Ellen (nurse), 190
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