Case series of delusional parasitosis in an emergency department: Sociodemographic features and clinical outcomes

Case series of delusional parasitosis in an emergency department: Sociodemographic features and clinical outcomes

Introduction A delusion of parasitosis is defined as the fixed, false belief of infestation by invisible organisms or fibrous material of unknown origin. The differential diagnosis is true infection, substance use disorder, dementia or other neuropsychiatric disease. Objectives Our goal was to c...

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Main Authors: A. Guàrdia, A. González-Rodríguez, M. Betriu, F. Estrada, M.V. Seeman, I. Parra Uribe, J. Labad, D. Palao Vidal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2021-04-01
Series:European Psychiatry
Subjects:
Delusional parasitosis
Emergency department
Delusional disorder
Ekbom syndrome
Online Access:https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0924933821013845/type/journal_article

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