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ArticleCureus2023

Psychological Autopsy in Small Penis Syndrome: Determining the Manner and Circumstance of Death Following a Vehicular Accident.

Raveendran Sathasivam, Prasan Wijetunga, B M Munasinghe, B Dimuthu Mahendra

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Article in Cureus, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 39% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Raveendran SathasivamForensic Medicine, Base Hospital, Panadura, LKA.
Prasan WijetungaForensic Medicine, Base Hospital, Panadura, LKA.
B M MunasingheAnaesthetics, Postgraduate Institute of Medicine, Colombo, LKA.
B Dimuthu MahendraPsychiatry, General Hospital, Vavuniya, LKA.
Institute for Postgraduate Medical Education · CZHospital de Base · BRVavuniya General Hospital · LK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Road traffic accidents and related deaths are on the rise, especially in developing countries. Even though uncommon and probably under-recognized, predisposing psychiatric states may be contributory, posing the question of whether these could be avoided. Psychological autopsy, despite not being performed routinely, might play a pivotal role in such instances, in reconstructing events leading to the catastrophe and determining the role played by the parties involved. The legal implications, such as the exoneration of the wrongly accused, might be substantial. This case report presents a death of a middle-aged South Asian male with strong history and evidence of small penis anxiety following a direct collision in a road traffic accident. It highlights the careful evaluation of the clinical history of the deceased by a psychological autopsy and reiterates the importance of the former in suspected cases.

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accident reconstructionbody dysmorphic disordermotor vehicle collisionpsychological autopsysmall penis anxiety

Identifiers

PMID37593264
PMCPMC10431967
OpenAlexW4384499657

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