Delusional Parasitosis in a Female Treated with Mixed Amphetamine Salts: A Case Report and Literature Review

Objectives. To explore factors underlying the onset of delusional parasitosis; a condition in which an individual has a fixed, false belief that he/she is infested with insects. Case Description. MJ is a 57-year-old female who presents with symptoms of fatigue and AD/HD. Upon treatment with extended...

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Autores principales: Buscarino, Martha, Saal, Jaime, Young, Joel L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3440849/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22988536
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/624235
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description Objectives. To explore factors underlying the onset of delusional parasitosis; a condition in which an individual has a fixed, false belief that he/she is infested with insects. Case Description. MJ is a 57-year-old female who presents with symptoms of fatigue and AD/HD. Upon treatment with extended release mixed amphetamine salts, the patient displayed symptoms of delusional parasitosis. After eventual discontinuation of this medication, her delusions resolved. Comments. In order to maintain confidentiality, all identifying information was removed. To this end, please note that MJ is a fictitious name.
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spelling pubmed-34408492012-09-17 Delusional Parasitosis in a Female Treated with Mixed Amphetamine Salts: A Case Report and Literature Review Buscarino, Martha Saal, Jaime Young, Joel L. Case Rep Psychiatry Case Report Objectives. To explore factors underlying the onset of delusional parasitosis; a condition in which an individual has a fixed, false belief that he/she is infested with insects. Case Description. MJ is a 57-year-old female who presents with symptoms of fatigue and AD/HD. Upon treatment with extended release mixed amphetamine salts, the patient displayed symptoms of delusional parasitosis. After eventual discontinuation of this medication, her delusions resolved. Comments. In order to maintain confidentiality, all identifying information was removed. To this end, please note that MJ is a fictitious name. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012 2012-09-05 /pmc/articles/PMC3440849/ /pubmed/22988536 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/624235 Text en Copyright © 2012 Martha Buscarino et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Delusional Parasitosis in a Female Treated with Mixed Amphetamine Salts: A Case Report and Literature Review
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