Bestiality is a serious but
less commonly reported form of animal cruelty occurring in a society. It is a
punishable sexual offence in India. Bestiality has received little attention in
recent psychiatric literature, and even though case reports have been
published, an elaborate psychological assessment is often missing. This case
report of 18 year old male presented here highlighted the importance of
psychological assessment to emphasize on its implications for the further risk
assessment of the person, family psycho-education and non-pharmacological
intervention for bestialists. The overall assessment suggested of absence of
any brain dysfunction and active psychopathology, average intelligence (IQ) and
intact cognitive functioning. The findings portrayed physical and sexual
inadequacies, emotional and sexual immaturity, difficulty in emotional
attachment, internalized hostility, voyeuristic tendencies and infantile social
behaviour, excitement seeker, inability to delay gratification of impulses,
lacks empathy, poor self-discipline, less conscientiousness and less sensitive
to criticism. The report also emphasized the role of child sexual abuse on
sexual behavior later life. The importance of including the topic within the community
health/sexual and reproductive health education programmes was highlighted.
..This was a case of an illiterate adolescent male, from a
low socioeconomic status and living arrangements near a rural diary farm. The
physical and social access of the patient to larger community was minimal.
Choice of bestiality in this case was deliberate, situational and preferential.
Alcohol may have been a contributing factor which caused loss of insight in
this specific incident of bestiality, which resulted in a serious outcome of
death of a calf. This finding was in line of study which reported substance
abuse as an associate factor in case of bestiality.(8)
The childhood sexual abuse, exposure to various
internet based pornography sites containing bestiality and voyeurism contents,
could have strongly affected his psycho-socio-sexual and personality
development. Repeated sexual abuse in a pre-pubertal stage could have been the
culprit for the patient's internalized aggressive behaviour, which in turn
might have resulted in the adopting displacement defence mechanism by the
patient i.e. displacing his internal anger towards the animals. This, in turn,
could have resulted in the forceful sexual imposition and committing injuries
to the calves to such an extent.
Sexual abuse in early relationships could manifest
itself as subsequent problems in the ability to establish and maintain healthy
intimate relationships. This was also reflected in the personality analysis,
which outlined him as a highly vigilant and less trusting person. Instead, the
patient sought to satisfy sexual urges through pseudo-relationships (e.g.,
Voyeurism) or relationships with partners that are based on disproportionate
power (e.g., bestiality, pedophillia)…
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By:
Department of
Psychiatry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India
1Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, All
India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India
Address for
correspondence: Dr.
Sujata Satapathy, Department of Psychiatry, All India Institute of Medical
Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi - 110 029, India. E-mail: moc.liamg@yhtapatasatajus.rd
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