Addiction to self-strangulation: a case-report
Journal Title: Journal of Addiction Therapy and Research - Year 2017, Vol 1, Issue 1
Abstract
Introduction: DSM-5 mentions autoerotic asphyxia in the paraphilic disorders section, as a specifier for the diagnostic of sexual masochism disorder. Strangulation activities have also been observed in the “choking game”. The term “strangulation activity” is considered as more appropriate than “choking game”. While sharing a same behavior, autoerotic asphyxia and non auto-erotic strangulation activities might represent a very distinct pattern of disorders. We describe here a case report of a 25-year old male internship student who has practiced manual self-strangulation up to 40 times a day since adolescence. In the examination of this case we identify individual clinical aspects of this case in a process-based holistic case conceptualization.
Authors and Affiliations
Aurely Ameller, Yann Le Strat, Marion Cadranel, Celine Portalier, Caroline Dubertret
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- DOI 10.29328/journal.jatr.1001003
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