Delusional Disorder
... ruled out. Auditory or visual hallucinations are uncommon but, if present, they are not prominent. The thought content is notable for systematized, well-organized, nonbizarre delusions that are possible to occur, such as delusions of being persecuted, being loved by a person of higher status, being ...
... ruled out. Auditory or visual hallucinations are uncommon but, if present, they are not prominent. The thought content is notable for systematized, well-organized, nonbizarre delusions that are possible to occur, such as delusions of being persecuted, being loved by a person of higher status, being ...
- Bepress
... • In Southeast Asia, men who have an illness called koro believe that their penis will retract into the body, disappear, and cause death. • In Feb. 2013 in Papua New Guinea, a mob tortured a woman accused of witchcraft and burned her alive in front of hundreds of ...
... • In Southeast Asia, men who have an illness called koro believe that their penis will retract into the body, disappear, and cause death. • In Feb. 2013 in Papua New Guinea, a mob tortured a woman accused of witchcraft and burned her alive in front of hundreds of ...
Ekbom Syndrome: A Delusional Condition of “Bugs in
... diagnosis, an entomologist cannot definitively assign the term to an individual [27]. While no individual exhibits all the traits described below, these attributes are sufficiently common among ES patients that they constitute a typical profile [3, 12, 22]. An excellent overview of the condition can ...
... diagnosis, an entomologist cannot definitively assign the term to an individual [27]. While no individual exhibits all the traits described below, these attributes are sufficiently common among ES patients that they constitute a typical profile [3, 12, 22]. An excellent overview of the condition can ...
Is Faith Delusion - Royal College of Psychiatrists
... been following him everywhere and interfering with his own house. His wife, the protagonist who showed ‘communicated delusion’, believed this story initially and produced supposedly corroborative evidence. A year later, following his in-patient treatment, she no longer accepted the plot and believed ...
... been following him everywhere and interfering with his own house. His wife, the protagonist who showed ‘communicated delusion’, believed this story initially and produced supposedly corroborative evidence. A year later, following his in-patient treatment, she no longer accepted the plot and believed ...
ekbom`s syndrome: two case reports treated with olanzapine
... carry out hematochemical tests, a brain CT scan and a neuropsychological assessment. The patient accepts to come back for a second interview with the results of the tests. The brain CT scan is negative and the neuropsychological tests give age-related normal results. The hematochemical tests do not ...
... carry out hematochemical tests, a brain CT scan and a neuropsychological assessment. The patient accepts to come back for a second interview with the results of the tests. The brain CT scan is negative and the neuropsychological tests give age-related normal results. The hematochemical tests do not ...
Delusional parasitosis or Ekbom syndrome: a case series To the
... neurological illness. In the present study, two cases were associated with dementia, one with Alzheimer’s disease and the other with vascular dementia. Several organic conditions have been causally related to DP, including substance abuse, infectious and endocrine disorders [16,17]. Although DP is k ...
... neurological illness. In the present study, two cases were associated with dementia, one with Alzheimer’s disease and the other with vascular dementia. Several organic conditions have been causally related to DP, including substance abuse, infectious and endocrine disorders [16,17]. Although DP is k ...
Problem 33- hallucinations
... 1. Brain pathology (organic disease) especially that associated with temporal lobe epilepsy can result in a delusional disorder resembling schizophrenia. 2. Dementia 3. Delusional disorder – there are five types listed in DSM-IV. Auditory and visual hallucinations (if present) must not be prominent ...
... 1. Brain pathology (organic disease) especially that associated with temporal lobe epilepsy can result in a delusional disorder resembling schizophrenia. 2. Dementia 3. Delusional disorder – there are five types listed in DSM-IV. Auditory and visual hallucinations (if present) must not be prominent ...