Abstract:

Self-destruction behavior (KZVD) is a major public health issue. Especially in the young age group, it is often observed in the form of actions like self-cutting, cutting, burning. Vampirism, a different type of KZVD defined by blood absorption, blood drinking, has been in very few cases so far. Although a significant part of the events with such behavior has also been to include psychotic disorders, personality disorders, intelligence retardation, drug use disorder, dissociative identity disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, the psychiatric aspect of vampirism, the relationship with concomitant mental disorders and the treatment approaches are not exactly known. In this study, a 19-year-old male patient, who learned that he or his friends have taken blood drinking behavior since childhood, presented his clinical history and treatment approaches in the light of literary findings. Keywords: Self-harming behavior (SHB) is an important public health problem; Self-harming behavior (SHB) is an important public health problem. Especially in the young age group, it is frequently observed as self-cutting, scraping the skin and burning. To date, vampirism, a different type of SHB defined as blood sucking and blood drinking, has been in a few cases. Although it has been in significant number of cases with such behaviors such as psychotic disorder, personality disorders, mental retardation, substance abuse, dissociative identity disorder, and posttraumatic stress disorder, the psychiatric aspect of vampirism, relationship with comorbid disorders, and treatment approaches are not fully known. In this study, a 19-year-old male patient, who applied to our psychiatry outpatient clinic with irritability, complaints about having problems with his environment, and drinking blood by getting him or his friends since childhood, presented with his clinical history and treatment approaches in the light of the literature. Keywords: Comorbidity; Psychiatric Disorders; Self-Harming Behavior; Vampirism

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