Six months later, based on consultation with a dermatologist, his primary-care provider made a diagnosis of delusions of parasitosis. Therapy was initiated with risperidone 2 mg/d. Within a week ...

Delusional parasitosis (DP) is a mental disorder in which individuals have a persistent belief that they are infested with living or nonliving pathogens such as parasites, insects, or bugs, when no ...

Delusional parasitosis causes individuals to falsely believe that they are infected with bacteria, worms, parasites, and other tiny organisms. They might think a parasite is in or on their skin ...

MDedge News, December 26, 2023 Study Links Specific Drugs to Delusions of Parasitosis Risk Researchers conducted a case-control study of biometric and pharmaceutical data from 34 patients with ...