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Delusional parasitosis with folie à deux: A case series

Industrial Psychiatry Journal, 2015
Delusional parasitosis (DP) is characterized by single hypochondriacal delusion in which patient feels he/she is infested with insects. The authors present a case series of three cases of DP with shared psychotic disorder (folie ΰ deux) in which one ...
Neena Sanjiv Sawant, Chetan Dilip Vispute   +1 more
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Spontaneous Resolution of Delusional Infestation Upon Eliminating Social Isolation: A Case Report

JEADV Clinical Practice
Delusional infestation (DI) is a psychiatric condition involving a false belief of parasitic infection. A 79‐year‐old woman with persistent pruritus and scabies delusion refused antipsychotics but improved after relocating to assisted living.
Veranca Shah, Jesse J. Keller
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Treatment of delusional infestation with olanzapine

Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine, 2012
Naveen Kumar Kansal, Omna Chawla, Gurvinder Pal Singh   +2 more
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Delusional parasitosis with shared psychotic features secondary to vitamin B12 deficiency and mild cognitive impairment: a case report [PDF]

BMC Psychiatry
Background Visual illusions are misperceptions of real external stimuli and, when persistent, may indicate underlying neurological or metabolic disorders.
Chiyoko Bando, Naomichi Okamoto, Enkhmurun Chibaatar, Satoru Ide, Reiji Yoshimura, Atsuko Ikenouchi   +5 more
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Undiagnosed Delusional Infestation Leading to Severe Self-Inflicted Injuries: A Case Report. [PDF]

Case Rep Psychiatry
Background Delusional infestation (DI), or delusional disorder, somatic type, is a rare psychiatric condition characterized by a fixed false belief of infestation despite lack of medical evidence. Patients frequently resist psychiatric care due to poor insight and somatic preoccupation, increasing the risk of delayed diagnosis and serious self‐harm ...
Yan X, Anselmi-Stith K, Bourgeois JA.
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Delusional Infestation: Folie à Famille: A Rare Case [PDF]

Acta Dermato-Venereologica
Fatma Yaprak, Muhammed Kaan Temirkaynak, İrem Ekmekçi Ertek, Peter Lepping, Behcet Coşar   +4 more
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Ekbom syndrome - a case report

European Psychiatry, 2021
Introduction Delusional parasitosis/infestation or Ekbom syndrome is an uncommon psychotic disorder characterized by a false belief that there is a parasitic infestation of the skin - the delusion that insects are crawling underneath the skin ...
S. Nascimento, H. Simião, T. Mendonça, M. Silva   +3 more
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Delusional Infestation [PDF]

Clinical Microbiology Reviews, 2009
SUMMARYThis papers aims at familiarizing psychiatric and nonpsychiatric readers with delusional infestation (DI), also known as delusional parasitosis. It is characterized by the fixed belief of being infested with pathogens against all medical evidence. DI is no single disorder but can occur as a delusional disorder of the somatic type (primary DI) or
Roland W, Freudenmann, Peter, Lepping
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Ekbom Syndrome: A Case Report

Revista Portuguesa de Psiquiatria e Saúde Mental, 2020
Delusional parasitosis, also known as delusional infestation or Ekbom syndrome, is a somatic type of delusional disorder, usually mono‑symptomatic, in which patients are convinced they are being infested with animal parasites while no objective evidence ...
Ana Teresa Pereira, Bárbara Moura, Maria João Neves , Pedro Horta, Manuel Araújo   +4 more
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Folie en Famille: A Case Report of Shared Delusory Parasitosis

European Psychiatry, 2022
Introduction Delusional parasitosis, first documented in 1946, is a rare psychiatric illness described as both a stand-alone diagnosis, as well as a secondary condition to an underlying psychiatric or medical pathology, or substance use.
A. Al Siaghy, Y. Zoghbi, M. Azeem
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