Blood Ingestion Behavior: Medical and Forensic Overview of Nonsuicidal Hematophagy and Risk Management
Nonsuicidal hematophagy refers to the intentional ingestion of blood without a suicidal intent, and it can present as a rare, clinically relevant behavioral phenomenon. The behavior may occur in psychiatric conditions, neurodevelopmental disorders, or in response to culturally mediated beliefs; it is also described in some neurologic and substance-related contexts. Although blood-sucking or blood ingestion… Read More »