Successful Treatment of Chronic Delusional Parasitosis
- 1 October 1989
- journal article
- Published by Royal College of Psychiatrists in The British Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 155 (4) , 556-557
- https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.155.4.556
Abstract
A case of delusional parasitosis is presented in which a patient with classic symptoms of six years' duration responded to pimozide. Similarly chronic cases may be responsive to pimozide.Keywords
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