Dermatology

Somatic Symptom Disorders

Questions discussed in this category

What work up do you pursue for a thorough evaluation in patients that present with a potential diagnosis of dermatitis artefacta?

3 Answers available

What is your approach in counseling a patient with delusions of parasitosis?

7 Answers available

Papers discussed in this category

Journal of psychiatric practice, 2018-11

Association Between Delusions of Infestation and Prescribed Narcotic and Stimulant Use.

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, 2019-05

Diagnosis and management of delusional parasitosis.

Med Hypotheses, 2006 Nov 28

Delusional parasitosis and the dopamine transporter. A new insight of etiology?

J Am Acad Dermatol, 2021 Apr 18

Stimulant use in patients presenting with psychocutaneous disorders.

Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry,

Effects of pimozide on the psychopathology of delusional disorder.

Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 2008 Nov 17

A small-molecule screen identifies the antipsychotic drug pimozide as an inhibitor of Listeria monocytogenes infection.

Psychosomatics, 1991

Pimozide in the treatment of Capgras' syndrome. A case report.

Clinical and experimental dermatology, 2024 Mar 21

Delusional infestation treated with risperidone: a series of 27 patients.

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology : JEADV, 2024 May 10

Efficacy of antipsychotics in delusional infestation.

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