Delusional Parasitosis or Morgellons Disease: A Case of an Overlap Syndrome

• मुख्य लेखकों: Fatmah Alhendi (लेखक), Abdullatif Burahmah (लेखक)
• स्वरूप: पुस्तक
• प्रकाशित: Hindawi Limited, 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• विषय: article
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Background. Delusional parasitosis (DP) is a monosymptomatic hypochondriacal psychosis where the patient has the delusion of being infested with parasites, whereas Morgellons disease (MD) is described when the patient has fixed ideation of fibers or other materials emerging from skin. Both psycholog...