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Delusional parasitosis in dermatological practice

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology, 2007
AbstractBackground  The accurate incidence of delusional parasitosis (DP) is difficult to assess. The aim of this study was to analyse the frequency of DP treated by dermatologists, and to evaluate the treatment modalities they applied.Material and methods  A specially designed questionnaire was distributed to 172 dermatologists. A total of 118 doctors
J C, Szepietowski, J, Salomon, E, Hrehorów, P, Pacan, A, Zalewska, A, Sysa-Jedrzejowska   +5 more
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Delusional Parasitosis: A Clinical Profile

The International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine, 2000
Objective: Delusional parasitosis is a form of monohypochondriacal psychosis, a condition sometimes encountered in psychiatric or primary care practice. The outcome of this condition is not well known. Method: In the present study, a series of fifty-two consecutive cases of delusional parasitosis is reported.
M S, Bhatia, T, Jagawat, S, Choudhary
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Diagnosis and management of delusional parasitosis

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, 2019
Delusional parasitosis is a monosymptomatic hypochondriacal state that causes great suffering for the patient and great suffering for those around them. Dermatologists are experts in the diagnosis of cutaneous disease and frequently encounter such patients.
Elliott H, Campbell, Dirk M, Elston, James D, Hawthorne, David R, Beckert   +3 more
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Delusional Parasitosis as ‘Folie à trois’

Dermatology, 1990
Delusional parasitosis can apparently run in families. Three out of 9 members of a German family were fully convinced that their skin had been invaded by ‘tiny running animals’ even though there was no physical evidence of any infestation. Although the family was reluctant to be injected with neuroleptic drugs as this would have been an acknowledgement
U, Gieler, M, Knoll
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Secondary delusional parasitosis treated with paliperidone

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology, 2009
Second-generation antipsychotics (SGA) are increasingly used in primary and secondary delusional parasitosis (DP) because of their better overall tolerability compared with first-generation antipsychotics (FGA) such as pimozide. Controlled clinical trials with antipsychotics in DP are lacking, owing to difficulties in obtaining informed consent and in ...
R W, Freudenmann, P, Kühnlein, P, Lepping, C, Schönfeldt-Lecuona   +3 more
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Successful Treatment of Chronic Delusional Parasitosis

British Journal of Psychiatry, 1989
A case of delusional parasitosis is presented in which a patient with classic symptoms of six years' duration responded to pimozide. Similarly chronic cases may be responsive to pimozide.
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Shared Psychotic Disorder in Delusional Parasitosis

Psychopathology, 1999
Delusional parasitosis (DP) is associated in 5–15% with shared psychotic disorder (SPD). Little systematic information is available about this particular aspect of the syndrome. A thorough review of all published cases with DP was carried out. 68 case histories of SPD were identified (5.67%). The data of these patients were compared with those of their
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Delusional Parasitosis

Psychopathology, 1988
A. Marneros, A. Deister, A. Rohde
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Delusional Infestation (Delusional Parasitosis)

2020
Kathryn N. Suh, Jay S. Keystone
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Delusional Parasitosis

2010
Nicola Simola, Micaela Morelli, Tooru Mizuno, Suzanne H. Mitchell, Harriet de Wit, H. Valerie Curran, Celia J. A. Morgan, Stephan G. Anagnostaras, Jennifer R Sage, Stephanie A Carmack, Lawrence H. Price, Grasielle C Kincheski, Leandro J Bertoglio, Antonio Padua Carobrez, Andrea Bari, Roshan Cools, Yogita Chudasama, Stefan Leucht, Yogita Chudasama, William Breitbart, Yesne Alici, Karl Mann, Falk Kiefer, Yesne Alici, William Breitbart, Michael M Morgan, M J Christie, Istvan Bitter, Eileen M. Joyce, Jonathan P Roiser, Darren R Christensen, Warren K. Bickel, Kenneth J. Rhodes, Peter Paul De Deyn, Debby Van Dam, Darrel J. Pemberton, Johannes Mosbacher, Thomas Steckler, Alyson J Bond, Alex Hofer, Stefan Leucht, Daniel Bertrand, Hans Rollema, Raymond S Hurst, Irwin Lucki, Fadi T. Maalouf, David A. Brent, David A. Brent, Fadi Maalouf, Alex Hofer, Daniel Bertrand, Hans Rollema, Raymond S Hurst, Huaiyu Yang, George I. Papakostas, Andrew Young, Gabriele Fischer, Annemarie Unger, Linda P Spear, Linda P Spear, Mohammed Shoaib, Emma Childs, Britta Hahn, Peter Boeijinga, Martine Cador, David S Tait, Verity J. Brown, Martine Cador, David Baldwin, Yavin Shaham, Sunila G Nair, Yavin Shaham, Sunila G Nair, Matthew I Palmatier, Rick A Bevins, Peter Riederer, Siegfried Hoyer, Mark Geyer, Anthony Absalom, David Menon, Joseph Zohar, Stephen C Fowler, James Winslow, Kim Wolff, Bankole A. Johnson, Martina de Zwaan, Alyson J Bond, Angela Roberts, Anthony R Isles, Lawrence S. Wilkinson, Anthony R Isles, Lawrence S. Wilkinson, Rosa M M de Almeida, Klaus A. Miczek, Eric Nestler, Naheed (Max) Mirza, Bankole A Johnson, Joseph H Friedman, István Bitter, Michael Minzenberg, Lawrence H. Price, Ashwini Padhi, Naomi Fineberg, Michael M Morgan, MacDonald J. Christie, Lawrence H. Price, Joris C. Verster, Bernard Le Foll, Marilyn E Carroll, Peter A Santi, Ronald F Mucha, Ian P. Stolerman, Richard W Foltin, Michael Minzenberg, Christoph Hiemke, Luis Stinus, Stéphanie Caillé, Martine Cador, Yavin Shaham, John R Mantsch, Ronald F Mucha, Kim Wolff, Anthony L. Riley, Steve Kohut, Brian E. Leonard, Joseph Zohar, R. Andrew Chambers, Gail Winger, Mei-Chuan Ko, James H Woods, Huaiyu Yang, George I. Papakostas, Michael M Morgan, MacDonald J. Christie, Seiya Miyamoto, Thomas R. E. Barnes, Kieran O’Malley, Luis Stinus, Stéphanie Caillé, Martine Cador, David J. Hellerstein, Thomas R. E. Barnes   +141 more
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