Delusional parasitosis manifests as a fixed, false belief that an individual is infested by living organisms. Primary delusional parasitosis is a psychiatric disorder with the delusion as an isolated manifestation, whereas secondary delusional parasitosis is a delusion occurring secondary to a ...
Further, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) states, "the signs and symptoms of Morgellons are very similar to those of a mental illness involving false beliefs about infestation by parasites (delusional parasitosis)." There are about 50,000 sufferers of the illness registered ...
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Yen et al., "Delusional parasitosis: six-year experience with 23 consecutive cases at an academic medical center," International Journal of Infectious Diseases, vol. 14, no. 4, pp. e317-e321, 2010.Boggild AK,Nicks BA,Yen L,et al.Delusional parasitosis: six year experience with 23 ...
Delusional parasitosis is a psychiatric condition where individuals believe they are infested with parasites despite lacking medical evidence. This often leads to underestimation within psychiatric settings. Three patients with delusional parasitosis, aged above and below 50, presented...
Delusional parasitosis as 'folie à trois'. PsychotherapyPsychopharmacologyDelusional parasitosis can apparently run in families. 3 out of 9 members of a German family were fully convinced that their ... U Gieler,M Knoll - 《Dermatologica》 被引量: 38发表: 1990年 Predicting changes in delusiona...
Delusional infestation (DI), sometimes known as delusion of parasitosis, is a clinical entity classified in the Koblenzer's "strictly psychiatric skin conditions" group. It is characterized by patients' fixed belief that their body, mainly their skin, is infested by small, vivid (or non vivid)...
Cited by (1) Delusional parasitosis in a patient with brain atrophy and renal failure treated with aripiprazole: Case report 2010, Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry☆ This article has not been submitted either completely or in part to another journal.View...
Delusional disorder patients present with circumscribed symptoms of non-bizarre delusions, but with the absence of prominent hallucinations and no thought ... TK Chaudhuri - 《Lap Lambert Academic Publishing》 被引量: 0发表: 2012年 Delusional Parasitosis Skin-related delusional diseases with unspecific...
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