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Housing situation and healthcare for patients in a psychiatric centre in Berlin, Germany: a cross-sectional patient survey [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
OBJECTIVE: To determine the housing situation among people seeking psychiatric treatment in relation to morbidity and service utilisation. DESIGN: Cross-sectional patient survey.
Bermpohl, Felix   +11 more
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Delusional Disorder, Erotomanic Type, Exacerbated by Social Media Use

open access: yesCase Reports in Psychiatry, 2017
Erotomania is an uncommon form of delusional disorder in which an individual has an unfounded belief that another is in love with him. Previous case reports have shown that social media networks may play a role in worsening delusional beliefs.
Justin Faden   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Body dysmorphic disorder and olfactory reference disorder: proposals for ICD-11

open access: yesBrazilian Journal of Psychiatry, 2014
The article reviews the historical background and symptoms of body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) and olfactory reference disorder, and describes the proposals of the WHO ICD-11 Working Group on the Classification of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders
David Veale, Hisato Matsunaga
doaj   +1 more source

A pilot study of the relations within which hearing voices participates : towards a functional distinction between voice hearers and controls [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The current research used the Implicit Relational Assessment Procedure (IRAP) as a preliminary step toward bringing a broad, functional approach to understanding psychosis, by focusing on the specific phenomenon of auditory hallucinations of voices and ...
Barnes-Holmes, Patrick Michael Dermot   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Folie à famille: A case report

open access: yesSri Lanka Journal of Psychiatry, 2018
Delusional parasitosis is a rare psychiatric disorder. Development of this condition as an induced delusional disorder among all family members (folie à famille) is even rarer.
A. Ellepola
doaj   +1 more source

The Classification, Definition, and Ontology of Delusion [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Although delusion is one of the central concepts of psychopathology, it stills eludes precise conceptualization. In this paper, I present certain basic issues concerning the classification and definition of delusion, as well as its ontological status ...
Porcher, José Eduardo
core   +3 more sources

Delusions of Parasitosis: An Update

open access: yesDermatology and Therapy, 2019
Delusional parasitosis, also known as delusional infestation or Ekbom syndrome, is a relatively infrequent psychotic disorder characterized by an unwavering false belief that there is a parasitic infestation of the skin, despite the absence of any ...
Adam Reich   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Mirror Has Two Faces: A Unique Case of Delusional Parasitosis with Cotard’s Syndrome in a Tertiary Care Hospital in South India

open access: yesJournal of Psychiatry Spectrum, 2023
Delusional parasitosis is a psychiatric disorder wherein a person strongly believes themselves being infected by a parasite. Cotard’s syndrome is a neuropsychiatric disorder of rarity that occurs as nihilistic delusions ranging from denial of the ...
Keya Das, R. Monisha, V. S. S. R. Ryali
doaj   +1 more source

Delusional Parasitosis: Clinical Features, Diagnosis and Treatment [PDF]

open access: yesPsikiyatride Güncel Yaklaşımlar, 2010
Delusional parasitosis is a delusional disorder in which the patient has the false and persistent belief that he is infested by some type of parasite or small living creatures. The disease has been called under different names such as “Ekbom syndrome” or
Gonca Karakus
doaj  

Treatments for Primary Delusional Infestation: Systematic Review

open access: yesJMIR Dermatology, 2022
BackgroundDelusional infestation, also known as Ekbom syndrome, is a rare delusional disorder characterized by the fixed belief that one is infested with parasites, worms, insects, or other organisms.
Justin Di Lu   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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