Delusional Parasitosis: Folie à Deux and Attempted Murder of a Family Doctor

1992 ◽  
Vol 161 (5) ◽  
pp. 709-711 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marc L. Bourgeois ◽  
Pascale Duhamel ◽  
Helene Verdoux
Keyword(s):  
General Practitioner ◽  
Family Doctor ◽  
Delusional Parasitosis ◽  
Attempted Murder ◽  
Folie À Deux ◽  
Special Hospital ◽  
Folie A Deux

A 58-year-old woman suffering from delusional parasitosis tried to kill her general practitioner. Her husband shared in her beliefs but lost all delusional conviction after she was compulsorily admitted to a special hospital. The case illustrates the intractable nature and potential dangerousness of some of these cases, and their affinity to paranoia.

Delusion Parasitosis: Successful Non-pharmacological Treatment of a Folie-à-deux

1987 ◽  
Vol 150 (2) ◽  
pp. 261-263 ◽  
Author(s):  
Norman D. Macaskill
Keyword(s):  
Pharmacological Treatment ◽  
Substantial Proportion ◽  
Small Animals ◽  
Delusional Parasitosis ◽  
Folie À Deux ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Folie A Deux

Delusional parasitosis, originally described by Ekbom in 1938, is an illness in which the individual believes small animals such as insects, lice, vermin, or maggots are living in or thriving on his/her skin. The delusion is not secondary to another psychiatric ill ness, and in general the personality remains otherwise preserved. Munro (1980) classifies delusional parasi tosis as a subtype of monosymptomatic hypochon driacal psychosis, and has shown that a substantial proportion of patients with MHP respond to pimozide. Prior to the introduction of that drug, the prognosis of the condition was held to be very poor.

scholarly journals Delusional parasitosis with folie à deux: A case series

2015 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 97 ◽  
Author(s):  
ChetanDilip Vispute ◽  
NeenaSanjiv Sawant
Keyword(s):  
Case Series ◽  
Delusional Parasitosis ◽  
Folie À Deux ◽  
Folie A Deux

scholarly journals Delusional Parasitosis as 'Folie a Deux'

2003 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 462 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chuleung Kim ◽  
Jinmi Kim ◽  
Mounghoon Lee ◽  
Minhee Kang
Keyword(s):  
Delusional Parasitosis ◽  
Folie À Deux ◽  
Folie A Deux

scholarly journals Two Cases of Gastrointestinal Delusional Parasitosis Presenting as Folie á Deux

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (8) ◽  
pp. e00183
Author(s):  
Rinad Ramzi Tabbalat ◽  
Nicolas Vital Cal ◽  
Kavya Kelagere Mayigegowda ◽  
David John Desilets
Keyword(s):  
Delusional Parasitosis ◽  
Folie À Deux ◽  
Folie A Deux

Folie à deux and Delusional Parasitosis

2017 ◽  
Vol 28 ◽  
pp. 152-153 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Giam ◽  
Yan Lam Tung ◽  
Prashant Tibrewal ◽  
Rohan Dhillon ◽  
Tarun Bastiampillai
Keyword(s):  
Delusional Parasitosis ◽  
Folie À Deux ◽  
Folie A Deux

Delusional Parasitosis Accompanied by Word Deafness Due to Cerebral Infarction: Folie à Deux

2000 ◽  
Vol 41 (5) ◽  
pp. 447-448 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hideyo Sugahara ◽  
Yasukiyo Otani ◽  
Masaya Sakamoto
Keyword(s):  
Cerebral Infarction ◽  
Delusional Parasitosis ◽  
Folie À Deux ◽  
Folie A Deux
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