Ekbom syndrome: A delusional condition of "bugs in the skin"

Current Psychiatry Reports

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 178-186

  Hinkle, Nancy C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety induced psychosis; Bird mites; Delusional infestation; Delusions of infestation; Delusions of parasitosis; Delusory parasitosis; Depression induced psychosis; Dermal invasion; Dermatozoenwahn; Ekbom syndrome; Infestation; Invisible bugs; Mite infestation; Morgellons; Parasites; Parasitization; Parasitosis; Skin parasites

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

BEDBUG BITE; CLEANING; COMPULSION; DELUSION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EKBOM SYNDROME; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MIDDLE AGED; PARANOIA; PARASITOSIS; PEDICULOSIS CAPITIS; PERSECUTORY DELUSION; REVIEW; SCABIES; SCAR; SCRATCHING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN IRRITATION; SKIN ULCER; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SUICIDAL IDEATION; TACTILE HALLUCINATION; VISUAL HALLUCINATION;

DELUSIONS; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS;

EID: 79955882249     PISSN: 15233812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11920-011-0188-0     Document Type: Review

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