Delusional parasitosis of face in a factory worker
Delusional parasitosis is a form of monohypochondriacal psychosis, a condition sometimes encountered in psychiatric or dermatological clinical practice. The exact etiology and outcome of this condition is not well known. A patient with delusional parasitosis of face who responded to aripiprazole is...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2011-01-01
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Series: | Industrial Psychiatry Journal |
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Online Access: | http://www.industrialpsychiatry.org/article.asp?issn=0972-6748;year=2011;volume=20;issue=1;spage=64;epage=65;aulast=Bhatia |
Summary: | Delusional parasitosis is a form of monohypochondriacal psychosis, a condition sometimes encountered in psychiatric or dermatological clinical practice. The exact etiology and outcome of this condition is not well known. A patient with delusional parasitosis of face who responded to aripiprazole is described. |
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ISSN: | 0972-6748 |