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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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Delusional infestation versus Morgellons disease
Clinics in Dermatology, 2018Delusional infestation is the conviction that one is infested with pathogens-either animate or inanimate-despite medical or microbiologic evidence to the contrary. Infestation with inanimate pathogens, specifically fibers or filaments, has been controversially termed Morgellons disease by the patients themselves, who believe that this is not a ...
Sara A, Hylwa, Sanna D, Ronkainen
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Delusional infestations: clinical presentation, diagnosis and treatment
International Journal of Dermatology, 2013AbstractPatients with delusional infestations (DI), previously named delusions of parasitosis, have a fixed, false belief that they are infested with living or non‐living pathogens. Patients have abnormal cutaneous symptoms such as itching, biting, or crawling sensations.
Misha M, Heller +8 more
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Delusional infestation: An update
CosmodermaDelusional infestation is an uncommon disorder in which patients have a fixed, false belief (delusion) that they are infested with living pathogens or non-living (inanimate) objects. Patients have abnormal cutaneous symptoms such as itching, biting, or crawling and demonstrate self-destructive behavior to remove pathogens.
Naveen Kumar Kansal +4 more
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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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Delusional Infestation Following Misuse of Prescription Stimulants
Psychosomatics, 2015Received February 19, 2014; revised March 17, 2014; accepted March 17, 2014. From Department of Psychiatric Medicine, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC. Send correspondence and reprint requests to Thomas M. Penders, M.D., Department of Psychiatric Medicine, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, 600 Moye ...
Corneliu N, Stanciu +2 more
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The American Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2017
C, Rodríguez-Cerdeira +3 more
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C, Rodríguez-Cerdeira +3 more
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Thought, perception and delusional infestation.
Actas espanolas de psiquiatria, 2006The authors report a case of delusional infestation in a 45 year-old woman followed in an out-patient setting. A review of published literature about this disorder and its nosological classification over different historical periods and by different authors is performed.
C, Vidal Castro +2 more
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Delusional Infestation (Delusional Parasitosis)
2020Kathryn N. Suh, Jay S. Keystone
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