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Delusional parasitosis: A case series
Industrial Psychiatry Journal, 2023 Delusional parasitosis (DP) is an infrequent psychotic illness, where the patient has a false but firm belief that his body is infested with parasites. It can be primary or secondary.
Akanksha Gajbhiye +6 more
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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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Ziprasidone in the Treatment of Delusional Parasitosis [PDF]
Case Reports in Dermatology, 2012 Delusional parasitosis is characterized by a patient’s fixed false belief of being infested with parasites or small creatures. The first-line treatment options are typical antipsychotics such as pimozide.
P. Contreras-Ferrer +5 more
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Delusional Parasitosis Impeding Delivery of Acute Care in a Cancer Patient [PDF]
Diseases (Basel, Switzerland), 2018 Taking care of patients with delusional parasitosis can be challenging. This report illustrates the added management complexity and ethical dilemmas surrounding a patient who was newly diagnosed with an incurable lung cancer, while at the same time was ...
Ivayla I. Geneva
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Coexistence of Primary and Secondary Delusional Parasitosis [PDF]
Case Reports in Psychiatry, 2020 Objective. Delusional parasitosis (DP) is a difficult-to-treat condition. It is prevalent in all cultures, societies, and countries. Previous case reports of DP have been published; however, the patient presented in this report is unique because of the ...
Kourtne Roberts +3 more
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Delusional parasitosis in dementia with Lewy bodies: a case report [PDF]
Annals of General Psychiatry, 2019 Background Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) is characterized by fluctuating cognitive impairments, recurrent visual hallucinations, the motor symptoms of parkinsonism and REM sleep behavior disorder.
Sho Ochiai +7 more
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A case report of delusional parasitosis by proxy: a rare entity [PDF]
BMC PsychiatryBackground Delusional parasitosis is a rare, fixed, false belief that an individual is infested with parasites or other living organisms despite no laboratory evidence to confirm this belief. It can manifest as a shared belief, folie à deux, or by proxy.
Caroline Chivily, Brianna Glover
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A Gut Feeling: Delusional Parasitosis [PDF]
BJPsych OpenAims: Delusional parasitosis, first described by Karl Ekbom in the 1930s, is a rare psychiatric disorder characterised by a persistent, false belief of parasitic infestation. The condition is typically classified into three categories: primary, secondary
Chris Joseph, Mario Lepore
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Delusional parasitosis: Report on response to olanzapine in a case series of 04 patients
Industrial Psychiatry Journal, 2023 Delusional parasitosis (DP) is a type of delusional disorder which is characterised by single hypochondriacal delusion in which patient believes that he/she is infested with insects/worms/parasite.
Mohit Agrawal +2 more
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Delusional parasitosis on the psychiatric consultation service – a longitudinal perspective: Case study [PDF]
BJPsych Open, 2017 Background Delusional parasitosis is infrequently seen in hospital-based consultation–liaison psychiatry. Aims Although there are many publications on ...
Adam Trenton +4 more
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