The drawing of a male figure aged 25 years in the first attempt, while administering Draw A Person Test (DAPT), indicated good gender identification. The overall assessment suggested of absence of any brain dysfunction and active psychopathology, average intelligence (IQ) and intact cognitive functioning. He visits Internet café very regularly to watch pornographic movies and pictures however, he preferred to watch sexual activities of animals (only of cow, dog, and hen).Ĭognitive functioning by PGI- BBD (PGI Battery of Brain Dysfunction) revealed no cognitive dysfunction. He had watched people engaging in penile-vaginal intercourse (sexual voyeurism) many times. Besides being a victim of child sexual abuse at the age of 10-11 years, patient also reported to have been engaged in an illicit (as considered socially in India) sexual relationship (first attempt force sexual intercourse and then consensual sexual intercourse) within the family and also continued having sexual intercourse (infrequently) with a female in his village since when he was 14-15 years old.
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He reported full comprehension of the test instructions.ĭuring interview it was reported by the patient and his father, that nobody except the patient in the existing family had a habit of alcohol consumption. The person was conscious, communicative, motivated and cooperative during the assessments. Along with that Draw a Person Test 16 Personality Factors (16-PF), Millon's Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-III (MCMI-III) were administered as part of personality test (both objective and projective). For cognitive functioning, PGI Memory Scale, Bhatia Short Battery of Performance- Revised, and Verbal Adult Intelligence (VAIS), were used. Another key life experience warranted a special mention was that he was sexually abused (sodomy) by adult males multiple times at the age of 10-11 years.Īfter taking written consent (left thumb impression after patient information sheet), the interviews and psychological assessments were carried out. The patient had not shown any feeling of guilt or remorse associated with the death of a calf and admited about the heterosexual practice which listed the case in the category of bestiality.Īs reported by the patient, the significant life events during his childhood and adolescence contained witnessing domestic violence (father and brother beating their wives), death of mother when he was 13 years old, and started consuming alcohol at the age of 16 years. Human DNA was detected from the anal and vaginal swabs of calves in a forensic science laboratory which confirmed the allegation. He had committed sexual intercourse with two calves and during the act one calf died. The family lived in an unhygienic location where dairy farms are being operated. The patient had 6 siblings and he was 3 rd in birth order. The importance of including the topic within the community health/sexual and reproductive health education programmes was highlighted.Īn 18-year old unmarried, non-literate male of low socioeconomic status brought to the emergency department for medical examination with an alleged history of bestiality. The report also emphasized the role of child sexual abuse on sexual behavior later life. 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.
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. Bestiality has received little attention in recent psychiatric literature, and even though case reports have been published, an elaborate psychological assessment is often missing. It is a punishable sexual offence in India. Bestiality is a serious but less commonly reported form of animal cruelty occurring in a society.
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