biostudies-literatureUnknown8(9)Wilcox Vanden Berg RNGender dysphoria can present as a positive symptom of schizophrenia. Completion of gender affirmation surgeries should not occur as a result of male genital self-mutilation via a deferral of emergent surgical reconstruction. Instead, gender affirmation should be considered after a full workup and assessment for resolution of any acute psychosis.Clinical case reports1735-1740https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC7495809biostudies-literaturePresentation and resolution of gender dysphoria as a positive symptom in a young schizophrenic man who presented with self-emasculation: Frontiers of bioethics, psychiatry, and microsurgical genital reconstruction.PMC7495809Gaffney CDPaduch DAWilcox Vanden Berg RNfalsePresentation and resolution of gender dysphoria as a positive symptom in a young schizophrenic man who presented with self-emasculation: Frontiers of bioethics, psychiatry, and microsurgical genital reconstruction.Gender dysphoria can present as a positive symptom of schizophrenia. Completion of gender affirmation surgeries should not occur as a result of male genital self-mutilation via a deferral of emergent surgical reconstruction. Instead, gender affirmation should be considered after a full workup and assessment for resolution of any acute psychosis.2020-01-01T00:00:00Z2020 Sep2025-04-04T21:08:34.465Z2020-09-30T07:04:51ZS-EPMC74958093298348710.1002/ccr3.2935