Refractory Delusional Parasitosis in a 70-year-old Woman

This is a case report of delusional parasitosis in a 70-year-old woman. Delusional parasitosis, or delusional infestation, is a rare disorder typified by the false belief that an individual is infected with insects or parasites. Management focuses on developing a strong, caring relationship with the...

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Autores principales: D'Auria, Anthony, Wiseman, Taylor, Varghese, Anjali, Espiridion, Eduardo D
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2018
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Psychiatry
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6175203/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30338195
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.3120
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description This is a case report of delusional parasitosis in a 70-year-old woman. Delusional parasitosis, or delusional infestation, is a rare disorder typified by the false belief that an individual is infected with insects or parasites. Management focuses on developing a strong, caring relationship with the patient. It is widely debated whether health care providers should agree or disagree with the patient’s delusions. Due to the rarity of this disorder, our hope in presenting this incidence is to motivate more research for treatment. 
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spelling pubmed-61752032018-10-18 Refractory Delusional Parasitosis in a 70-year-old Woman D'Auria, Anthony Wiseman, Taylor Varghese, Anjali Espiridion, Eduardo D Cureus Psychiatry This is a case report of delusional parasitosis in a 70-year-old woman. Delusional parasitosis, or delusional infestation, is a rare disorder typified by the false belief that an individual is infected with insects or parasites. Management focuses on developing a strong, caring relationship with the patient. It is widely debated whether health care providers should agree or disagree with the patient’s delusions. Due to the rarity of this disorder, our hope in presenting this incidence is to motivate more research for treatment.  Cureus 2018-08-08 /pmc/articles/PMC6175203/ /pubmed/30338195 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.3120 Text en Copyright © 2018, D'Auria et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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title_fullStr Refractory Delusional Parasitosis in a 70-year-old Woman
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title_short Refractory Delusional Parasitosis in a 70-year-old Woman
title_sort refractory delusional parasitosis in a 70-year-old woman
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