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Nursing, 2021
Abstract: Patients with delusional infestation, a rare psychiatric disorder, have a false and fixed belief that insects or other organisms are crawling in or on their skin. This article describes signs and symptoms, available treatments, and appropriate nursing interventions for patients with primary delusional infestation.
Peter Lepping
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Abstract: Patients with delusional infestation, a rare psychiatric disorder, have a false and fixed belief that insects or other organisms are crawling in or on their skin. This article describes signs and symptoms, available treatments, and appropriate nursing interventions for patients with primary delusional infestation.
Peter Lepping
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Delusional infestation: A clinical profile
Asian Journal of Psychiatry, 2013Delusional infestation or delusional parasitosis is a form of monodelusional disorder, a condition sometimes encountered in psychiatric or primary care practice. The outcome of this condition is good when compliance can be ensured.In the present study, a series of 50 consecutive cases of delusional infestation is reported.A majority of cases (94%) had ...
M S Bhatia, M S Bhatia
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Delusional infestation: Clinical presentations, diagnosis, and management
Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology, 2020 Background: Delusional infestation is a primary psychiatric disorder characterized by a somatic-type delusional disorder (primary delusional infestation) that may lead to self-induced cutaneous lesions which are often difficult to recognize and treat ...
Mohammad Jafferany +2 more
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Outcomes for delusional infestation in multidisciplinary clinics [PDF]
British Journal of DermatologyAbstract Background Delusional infestation (DI) is a psycho-dermatological illness that often presents to dermatologists. Patients have fixed delusional beliefs that they are infested with living or nonliving pathogens that cause symptoms. Antipsychotic medication is the treatment of choice.
Lepping, P. +5 more
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Delusional infestation in psychodermatology
Italian Journal of Dermatology and Venereology, 2018Delusional infestation (DI), also known as delusional parasitosis, consists of a patient's strong belief that he or she is infested with a nonliving substance or living organism despite lack of medical evidence to support this belief. The most commonly reported sources of infestation include insects, fibrous strands, worms, and scabies.
Monica, Rosales Santillan +2 more
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Delusional infestation – do not be scared!
British Journal of Dermatology, 2022Abstract Linked Article: Ahmed et al. Br J Dermatol 2022; 187:472–480.
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British Journal of Psychiatry, 1991
The patient who develops the delusional conviction that he/she is infested with small organisms, such as mites or insects, has been recognised in the medical literature for over a century. A wide range of descriptive terms — ‘dermatophobia’ ‘acarophobia’, ‘parasitophobia’ and ‘entomophobia’ (Table 1) have been applied to this symptom.
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The patient who develops the delusional conviction that he/she is infested with small organisms, such as mites or insects, has been recognised in the medical literature for over a century. A wide range of descriptive terms — ‘dermatophobia’ ‘acarophobia’, ‘parasitophobia’ and ‘entomophobia’ (Table 1) have been applied to this symptom.
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British Journal of Psychiatry, 1988
The skin is by far the largest organ of the body and it performs a variety of important functions. In both a concrete and symbolic sense the skin serves as a boundary separating the inner person from the outer world, self from non-self. It is evident therefore that cutaneous awareness is a central part of overall body image. It should be no surprise to
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The skin is by far the largest organ of the body and it performs a variety of important functions. In both a concrete and symbolic sense the skin serves as a boundary separating the inner person from the outer world, self from non-self. It is evident therefore that cutaneous awareness is a central part of overall body image. It should be no surprise to
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Efficacy of antipsychotics in delusional infestation
Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and VenereologyAbstractBackgroundData remain scarce for the first‐line antipsychotic choice in treating delusional infestation (DI).ObjectivesWe evaluated the treatment responses associated with different antipsychotics in DI patients.MethodsWe undertook a multicentre, retrospective observational study using anonymised electronic patient records from two hospitals in
Paul K. Tang +6 more
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