Delusional parasitosis presenting as folie à trois: Successful treatment with risperidone [1]

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 155, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 841-842

  Friedmann, A C ^a   Ekeowa Anderson, A ^b   Taylor, R ^b   Bewley, A ^b  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PIMOZIDE; RISPERIDONE; SEROTONIN 2 RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DELUSIONAL DISORDER; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURIGO; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ADULT; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; CHILD; DELUSIONS; DOPAMINE ANTAGONISTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARASITIC DISEASES; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; RISPERIDONE; SEROTONIN ANTAGONISTS; SHARED PARANOID DISORDER;

EID: 33748450733     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2006.07424.x     Document Type: Letter

References (16)

1. Wilson J, Miller HE. Delusions of parasitosis (acarophobia). Arch Derm Syphilol 1946; 54:39-56.
2. Reilly TM, Batchelor DH. The presentation and treatment of delusional parasitosis: a dermatological perspective. Int Clin Psychopharmacol 1986; 1:340-53.
3. Hunt NJ, Blacker VR. Delusional parasitosis. Br J Psychiatry 1987; 150:713-14.
4. Driscoll MS, Rothe MJ, Grant-Kels JM et al. Delusional parasitosis: a dermatologic, psychiatric, and pharmacologic approach. J Am Acad Dermatol 1993; 29:1023-33.
5. Yorston G. Treatment of delusional parasitosis with sertindole. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 1997; 12:1127-8.
6. Bourgeois ML, Duhamel P, Verdoux H. Delusional parasitosis: folie á deux and attempted murder of a family doctor. Br J Psychiatry 1992; 161:709-11.
7. Skott A. Delusions of Infestation. Reports from Psychiatric Research Centre. Goteborg, Sweden: St Jorgen's Hospital, University of Goteborg, 1978; 13.
8. Gieler U, Knoll M. Delusional parasitosis as 'folie á trois'. Dermatologica 1990; 181:122-5.
9. Berrios GE. Delusional parasitosis and physical disease. Compr Psychiatry 1985; 26:395-403.
10. Hamann K, Avnstorp C. Delusions of infestation treated by pimozide: a double-blind crossover clinical study. Acta Derm Venereol (Stockh) 1982; 62:55-8.
11. Safer DL, Wenegrat B, Roth WT. Risperidone in the treatment of delusional parasitosis: a case report. J Clin Psychopharmacol 1997; 17:131-2.
12. Koo J, Lee CS. Delusions of parasitosis. A dermatologist's guide to diagnosis and treatment. Am J Clin Dermatol 2001; 2:285-90.
13. Gallucci G, Beard G. Risperidone and the treatment of delusions of parasitosis in an elderly patient. Psychosomatics 1995; 36:578-80.
14. Freyne A, Kenny E, Cooney C. Delusions of infestation - a case report of response to risperidone. Ir Med J 1999; 92:435.
15. Elmer KB, George RM, Peterson K. Therapeutic update: use of risperidone for the treatment of monosymptomatic hypochondriacal psychosis. J Am Acad Dermatol 2000; 43:683-6.
16. De Leon OA, Furmaga KM, Canterbury AL et al. Risperidone in the treatment of delusions of infestation. Int J Psychiatry Med 1997; 27:403-9.