• In primary delusional parasitosis, the delusions are the only manifestation of a psychiatric disorder. Secondary delusional parasitosis occurs when another...
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  • Morgellons (category Delusional parasitosis)
    such as delusional infestation". Morgellons is poorly understood but the general medical consensus is that it is a form of delusional parasitosis in which...
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  • Jay Traver (category Delusional parasitosis)
    epidermoptidae)" about her own symptoms led to a retrospective diagnosis of delusional parasitosis. Jay R Traver was born in August 1894 and raised in Willoughby,...
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  • diseased, abnormal or changed. A specific example of this delusion is delusional parasitosis: Delusion in which one feels infested with insects, bacteria, mites...
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    Enduring Love. Delusional parasitosis Monothematic delusions Morgellons Paranoia Shared delusional disorder Andrew Scull, The diagnosis of delusional insanity...
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  • Matchbox sign (category Delusional parasitosis)
    matchbox. 50–80% of patients with delusional parasitosis present with this sign. People with delusional parasitosis can damage their skin by attempting...
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    Pimozide (category Delusional parasitosis)
    numerous studies showing pimozide can be used successfully to treat delusional parasitosis and traditionally was the drug of choice. However, newer medications...
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  • accompanied by hallucinations that support the delusional beliefs. Delusional parasitosis with formication ("cocaine bugs") is also a fairly common symptom...
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    2013.10.011. PMID 24144776. "Delusional Parasitosis", The Bohart Museum of Entomology, 2005, webpage: UCDavis-delusional[permanent dead link]. Morton...
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    Formication (category Delusional parasitosis)
    insects on or under the skin. Such patients have what is known as delusional parasitosis. They believe their skin is inhabited by, or under attack by, small...
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    infection by springtails may indicate a neurological problem, such as delusional parasitosis, a psychological rather than entomological problem. Researchers...
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  • the bottom of the stone head may stem from Dalí's experience with delusional parasitosis. The disease was not first published about until 1937, however Dalí...
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  • as shared psychosis or shared delusional disorder (SDD), is a rare psychiatric syndrome in which symptoms of a delusional belief, and sometimes hallucinations...
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    Louse (category Delusional parasitosis)
    Finnegans Wake. They commonly feature in the psychiatric disorder delusional parasitosis. A louse was one of the early subjects of microscopy, appearing...
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    Olanzapine (category Delusional parasitosis)
    Olanzapine, sold under the brand name Zyprexa among others, is an atypical antipsychotic primarily used to treat schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. For...
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    Bed bug (category Delusional parasitosis)
    anxiety, stress, and sleep difficulties. Development of refractory delusional parasitosis is possible, as a person develops an overwhelming obsession with...
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  • War of the Coprophages (category Delusional parasitosis)
    with Scully, who explains that it is likely a case of drug-induced delusional parasitosis, though Mulder finds a cockroach on the underside of a piece of...
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  • Dejerine–Roussy syndrome Delayed sleep phase disorder Delusional misidentification syndrome Delusional parasitosis Dennie–Marfan syndrome Dentomandibular sensorimotor...
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  • along with two extra roles as Browning (the mental patient with delusional parasitosis) and as the skinless figure Kirsty sees in the hospital who writes...
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  • theories Drinker's paradox, a theorem of classical predicate logic Delusional parasitosis, in which individuals incorrectly believe they are infested with...
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    tremens. Psychiatry portal Alcohol dementia Alcohol detoxification Delusional parasitosis Excited delirium On the wagon Healy, David (3 December 2008). Psychiatric...
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  • Invaders from Mars. Matchbox sign, a similar phenomenon related to delusional parasitosis. Rogerson, Peter. "Fairyland's Hunters, Part One". #46 – June 1993...
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    "Delusional Parasitosis". Merck Manual. Prakash J, Shashikumar R, Bhat PS, Srivastava K, Nath S, Rajendran A (January 2012). "Delusional parasitosis:...
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  • Bug (2006 film) (category Delusional parasitosis)
    section. Judd was nominated for a Saturn Award for Best Actress. Delusional parasitosis Folie à deux Gulf War syndrome Morgellons disease Paranoia "Bug...
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  • Desilets, David John (August 2019). "Two Cases of Gastrointestinal Delusional Parasitosis Presenting as Folie á Deux". ACG Case Reports Journal. 6 (8): e00183...
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    better support its mission”. A point of confusion is that RLS and delusional parasitosis are entirely different conditions that have both been called "Ekbom...
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  • Ekbom syndrome may refer to: Delusional parasitosis Wittmaack-Ekbom syndrome, a synonym of restless legs syndrome This disambiguation page lists articles...
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  • A Letter to a Friend (category Delusional parasitosis)
    A Letter to a Friend (written 1656; published posthumously in 1690), by Sir Thomas Browne, the 17th century philosopher and physician, is a medical treatise...
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  • "delusional intuition". Other types of primary delusions include delusional mood (or atmosphere), delusional (apophanous) perception and delusional memories...
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    histamines Psychiatric disease ("psychogenic itch", as may be seen in delusional parasitosis) Thyroid illness Uraemia – the itching sensation this causes is...
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