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Self inflicted injury in a case of delusional parasitosis [PDF]

Delusional parasitosis also known as Ekbom’s syndrome, is a fixed, firm, false belief about a parasitic infestation of skin despite absence of evidence. Non-suicidal self injury (NSSI) is the deliberate and direct change leading to destruction of healthy
Bandyopadhyay, Gautam Kumar, Bhattacharyya, Debasis, Datta, Subhendu, Ghosh, Anuradha, Kundu, Muktananda, Roy, Surjya, Sarkar, Ayan   +6 more
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Considérations nosographiques sur le délire d’infestation parasitaire à travers trois observations cliniques [PDF]

, 2016
Le syndrome d'Ekbom, ou délire d'infestation parasitaire, est une pathologie rare, caractérisée par la conviction inébranlable d'avoir une peau infestée d'insectes ou de parasites.
Aalouane, Rachid, Aarab, Chadya, Berhili, Nabil, Bout, Amine, Hlal, Hayat, Rammouz, Ismail   +5 more
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A delusional parasitosis case responding to low dose risperidone treatment [PDF]

Düşünen Adam Psikiyatri ve Nörolojik Bilimler Dergisi, 2016
Delusional parasitosis is a somatic type delusional disorder encountered in presenile women who suffer from a fixed false belief that they are infested with parasites.
rabia nazik yuksel, vahap ozan kotan, gunes gur aksoy, erol goka   +3 more
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Sex and Gender Differences in Travel-Associated Disease [PDF]

, 2017
Background. No systematic studies exist on sex and gender differences across a broad range of travel-associated diseases. Methods. Travel and tropical medicine GeoSentinel clinics worldwide contributed prospective, standardized data on 58,908 patients ...
Berger, Christoph, Chen, Lin H., Freedman, David O., Keystone, Jay, Leder, Karin, Nadal, David, Pandey, Prativa, Schlagenhauf, Patricia, Schwartz, Eli, Tcheng, David, von Sonnenburg, Frank, Weber, Rainer, Wilson, Mary E.   +12 more
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Clinical presentation of delusion of parasitosis in a tertiary care center

Annals of Indian Psychiatry, 2019
Background: Delusional parasitosis is a relatively uncommon psychiatric condition. Owing to its low prevalence there is limited research in this area. The present cross sectional study was conducted to study clinical presentation, belief and response of ...
Hemang Manaharbhai Shah, Mahemubin Lahori, Prakash Mehta   +2 more
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Delusional Infestation, Psychiatric Comorbidity, and Dementia: A Review of 146 Swedish Patients

Acta Dermato-Venereologica
Delusional infestation is a rare but severe dermatopsychiatric disorder. The diagnosis is associated with great suffering for the patients and their relatives, as well as substantial use of healthcare resources.
Jessica Norberg, Sol-Britt Lonne-Rahm, Louise Lönndahl   +2 more
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Delusional infestation. Ekbom´s syndrome in a 47-year-old woman. Case report

Case Reports, 2017
Introduction: Delusional infestation is a rare psychiatric disorder defined as a condition in which the patient has the unshakable belief and perception of being infested with parasites.
Mario Javier Olivera, Julián Felipe Porras Villamil, Gabriela Andrea López Moreno, Christian Camilo Toquica Gahona, Hugo Paez Ardila, Eliana Maldonado Lara   +5 more
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Delusional tinea: A novel subtype of delusional parasitosis

Dermatology Online Journal, 2008
Delusions of parasitosis is one of the more complex management problems encountered in the dermatology clinic. The difficulty mainly arises from the fact that a psychiatric disease is responsible for the cutaneous pathology. Typically, patients complain of "parasites" or other crawling bugs on their skin.
Geddes, Elizabeth RC, Rashid, Rashid M
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Unraveling the Web of Delusional Parasitosis: A Case Report. [PDF]

Cureus, 2023
Sinha N, Patil PS, Ahluwalia I, Chadha Y, Sangolkar DN.   +4 more
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Delusional parasitosis

Ceylon Medical Journal, 2011
K A, Kuruppuarachchi, S S, Williams
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