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Pitfalls and Pearls in Delusional Parasitosis [PDF]
Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine, 2019 Delusional parasitosis is an uncommon psychiatric disorder that manifests as having parasitic delusions. Due to its rarity, delusional parasitosis is a challenging and costly diagnosis of exclusion and proves difficult to manage for many providers ...
Allen Gold, Zhanna Roit, Ingrid Llovera
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International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2022 The theme, strength, and duration of a delusion are considered important in distinguishing one psychosis of old age from another. Research results, however, are mostly based on studies conducted on one form of psychosis, namely schizophrenia.
A. González-Rodríguez +6 more
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European Psychiatry, 2023 Introduction Persistent delusional disorder has some features similar to schizophrenia, although the functionality of patients with this diagnosis is usually higher and is diagnosed at an older age.
M. Felizardo, C. Freitas
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Seventy Years of Treating Delusional Disorder with Antipsychotics: A Historical Perspective
Biomedicines, 2022 For many decades, delusional disorder (DD) has been considered a treatment-resistant disorder, with antipsychotics acknowledged as the best, though imperfect, treatment.
A. González-Rodríguez +3 more
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Differences between delusional disorder and schizophrenia: A mini narrative review
World Journal of Psychiatry, 2022 Psychotic syndromes are divided into affective and non-affective forms. Even among the non-affective forms, substantial differences exist. The aim of this relatively brief review is to synthesize what is known about the differences between two non ...
A. González-Rodríguez, M. Seeman
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Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, 2021 This study investigates the relationship of delusional disorder and its subtypes to criminal and violent behavior by comparing the sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of patients with and without a criminal history and identifying predictors of
T. Gümüş +3 more
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BMC Psychiatry, 2023 Background Literature has typically associated delusional disorder with a poorer prognosis relative to schizophrenia, without considering the confounding effect of age despite the differential age of onset.
Christy Lai Ming Hui +11 more
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Evolution of Delusional Disorder across the DSM editions
European Psychiatry, 2022 Introduction States compatible with “Delusional disorder” have been described since the XIX century. Esquirol mentioned “irrational ideas and actions that would develop via logical and plausible arguments”; Kraepelin referred to the condition as ...
M. Conde Moreno +3 more
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Influence of COVID-19 in the development of delusional ideas disorder. A case report
European Psychiatry, 2022 Introduction Hypochondria is characterized by the presence, for 6 months or more, of a generalized and non-delusional concern with fear of having (or the idea that one has) a serious illness, based on the wrong interpretation of the symptoms. In somatic-
E. Alvarado Altuve +2 more
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The Man Behind the Royal Massacre
Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 2015 Delusional disorder is a relatively uncommon psychiatric condition in which patients present with non-bizarre delusions, but with no accompanying prominent perceptual disturbances, thought disorder or significant and sustained mood symptoms.
Surendra Sherchan, Devavrat Joshi
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