Successful Treatment of Chronic Delusional Parasitosis.
From: Winterton Hospital, Sedgefield, Stockton-on-Tees.
The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science
- Publish Date: Oct 1989
- ISSN: 0007-1250
- Volume: 155
- Issue:
- Pages: 556-7
- Medium: Print
- Language: English
- Citation (JAMA): Mitchell C, et al. Successful Treatment of Chronic Delusional Parasitosis.. Oct 1989;155:556-7
Abstract
A case of delusional parasitosis is presented in which a patient with classic symptoms of six years’ duration responded to pimozide. Similarly chronic cases may be responsive to pimozide.
Mesh Headings (Keywords): Behavior Therapy, Chronic Disease, Combined Modality Therapy, Delusions, Ectoparasitic Infestations, Female, Humans, Middle Aged, Pimozide
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