Delusion of parasitosis

Abstract

Delusional parasitosis is a psychotic disorder in which the patient has the false belief of being infested. We present the case of an adult patient with an underlying depressive episode who presents with self-inflicted skin lesions due to the belief that organisms crawl and come out of her skin.

Keywords

Delirium, Infestation, Depression

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