Management of patients with delusional parasitosis in a joint dermatology/liaison psychiatry clinic

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 197-199

  Healy, R ^a   Taylor, R ^a   Dhoat, S ^a   Leschynska, E ^a   Bewley, A P ^a  

^a BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atypical antipsychotic; Delusional parasitosis

Indexed keywords

AMISULPRIDE; AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; EMOLLIENT AGENT; FLUOXETINE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OLANZAPINE; RISPERIDONE; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; CARDIOTOXICITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DELUSION; DELUSIONAL PARASITOSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DERMATOLOGY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LETTER; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; PARASITOSIS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; DELUSIONS; DERMATOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRY; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISPERIDONE; SKIN DISEASES, PARASITIC;

EID: 67649964542     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2009.09183.x     Document Type: Letter

References (16)

1. Zomer SF, De Wit RF, van Bronswijik JE et al. Delusions of parasitosis: a psychiatric disorder to be treated by dermatologists? An analysis of 33 patients. Br J Dermatol 1998 138 : 1030 2.
2. Wilson J, Miller HE. Delusions of parasitosis (acarophobia). Arch Derm Syphilol 1946 54 : 39 56.
3. Thieberge G. Les acarophobes. J Prat Rev Gen Clin Ther 1894 32 : 373.
4. Slaughter JR, Zanol K, Rezvani H, Flax J. Psychogenic parasitosis. A case series and literature review. Psychosomatics 1998 39 : 491 500. (Pubitemid 28515874)
5. American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM-IV-TR, 4th edn. Arlington, VA : American Psychiatric Association, 2000.
6. World Health Organization. International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th revision. Geneva : World Health Organization, 2007.
7. Koo J, Lee CS. Delusions of parasitosis. A dermatologist's guide to diagnosis and treatment. Am J Clin Dermatol 2001 2 : 285 90.
8. Trabert W. 100 Jahre Dermatozoenwahn. Med Welt 1997 48 : 33 7.
9. Lyell A. Delusions of parasitosis. Br J Dermatol 1983 108 : 485 99.
10. Wenning MT, Davy LE, Catalano G, Catalano MC. Atypical antipsychotics in the treatment of delusional parasitosis. Ann Clin Psychiatry 2003 15 : 233 9.
11. Musalek M, Kutzer E. The frequency of shared delusions in delusions of infestation. Eur Arch Psychiatry Neurol Sci 1990 239 : 263 6.
12. Friedmann AC, Ekeowa-Anderson A, Taylor R, Bewley A. Delusional parasitosis presenting as folie à trois: successful treatment with risperidone. Br J Dermatol 2006 155 : 841 2.
13. Hamann K, Avnstorp C. Delusions of infestation treated by pimozide: a double blind crossover clinical study. Acta Derm Venereol (Stockh) 1982 62 : 55 8.
14. Lepping P, Russell I, Freudenmann RW. Antipsychotic treatment of primary delusional parasitosis. Br J Psychiatry 2007 191 : 198 205.
15. National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence. Schizophrenia. Core Interventions in the Treatment and Management of Schizophrenia in Primary and Secondary Care. London : NICE, 2002.
16. Food and Drug Administration. Pimozide (Orap) contraindicated with clarithromycin (Biaxin) and other macrolide antibiotics. FDA Med Bull 1996 26 : 3.