Delusional Parasitosis: Folie à Deux and Attempted Murder of a Family Doctor
- 1 November 1992
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Royal College of Psychiatrists in The British Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 161 (5) , 709-711
- https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.161.5.709
Abstract
A 58-year-old woman suffering from delusional parasitosis tried to kill her general practitioner. Her husband shared in her beliefs but lost all delusional conviction after she was compulsorily admitted to a special hospital. The case illustrates the intractable nature and potential dangerousness of some of these cases, and their affinity to paranoia.Keywords
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