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Tattooed Individuals with Psychotic Symptoms

Vijayanath V , Anitha MR1 , Vijayanath V2

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Indian Journal of Anatomy 8(3):p 151-154, . | DOI: DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21088/ija.2320.0022.8319.2
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Anitha MR, Vijayanath V. Tattooed Individuals with Psychotic Symptoms. Indian J Anat. 2019;8(3):151-154.

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Tattooing is gaining more importancein modern society, and the speed is picking up faster. And its popularity is not restricted to only one gender especially in adulthood. Aim: To assess the Psychotic symptoms in tattooed individual. Methodology: We conducted a cross-sectional descriptive study using Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS). Results: Results are depicted in the table with the majority of statistical significance. Discussion: Tattooed individuals may have the psychotic symptoms earlier to getting the tattooed done or may develop the psychotic symptoms after getting the tattoo, which was not very much clear in this present study. But definitely, these tattoos are related with the use of substances which causes the psychotic symptoms. Conclusion: As there is a definite correlation between the use of the substances and having a tattoo. This could be used in the form of signs for understanding the other substance user. And literature review confirms the use of the substance with psychotic symptoms. In the same way, tattooing also indicates the existence of the psychotic symptoms.

Keywords: Symptoms; Psychosis; tattoo.

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