Epidemiologische Aspekte des Dermatozoenwahns

Trabert, W.

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-77090-6_18

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“…dermatologists see such patients frequently [5,6]. The disorder is more common in later life [7,8] and in women but can be observed also in younger individuals and in males [1,9]. If the syndrome appears in its pure form (without other major psychiatric symptoms), it has to be classified as a delusional disorder, somatic type.…”

Section: Shared Psychotic Disorder In Delusional Parasitosismentioning

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Shared Psychotic Disorder in Delusional Parasitosis

Trabert

1999

Psychopathology

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Delusional parasitosis (DP) is associated in 5–15% with shared psychotic disorder (SPD). Little systematic information is available about this particular aspect of the syndrome. A thorough review of all published cases with DP was carried out. 68 case histories of SPD were identified (5.67%). The data of these patients were compared with those of their inducers (n = 44) and with the data of DP patients, who did not transfer their delusional beliefs to others (n = 1,155). Approximately 30% of the psychotic dyads were reported from public health departments. The sex ratio was balanced in the SPD group, but showed a clear preponderance of females in the other two groups. SPD patients and their inducers reported more frequently visual illusions or hallucinations and located the animals correspondingly upon the surface of the skin. No diagnostic differences were found between the inducers and those who had DP but did not induce SPD in others. Albeit 50% of the SPD patients did not receive any treatment except separation from the inducer, the remission rate in this group was 93%.

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Section: Shared Psychotic Disorder In Delusional Parasitosismentioning

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Shared Psychotic Disorder in Delusional Parasitosis

Trabert

1999

Psychopathology

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“…Für das Saarland wurde eine Prävalenz von 6 pro 1 Mio. Einwohner und Jahr auf der Basis klinisch erfasster Fälle ermittelt, so dass die tatsächliche Zahl wohl gröûer ist [5].…”

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“…Das Krankheitsbild gehört mit einem Altersgipfel zwischen 48 und 64 Jahren zu den Störungen des mittleren und höheren Alters [4 ± 6, 28, 47, 48]. Als Faustregel gilt dabei, dass Männer früher als Frauen erkranken und schizophrenieassoziierte Formen eher als organisch bedingte auftreten [5] (genauer s. u.…”

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“…Bei Frauen ist DW häufiger als bei Männern [5,48], wobei bis zum Alter von 50 J. beide Geschlechter gleich häufig betroffen sind und sich die Frauenwendigkeit erst danach zeigt [26,46]. Diese korreliert ± gemäû einer anderen Studie ± zudem positiv mit dem Patientenalter [38].…”

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“…Die nosologische Stellung des DW ist noch unklar [5,44]. Vermutlich handelt es sich um ein unspezifisches Syndrom mit sehr vielfältigen Entstehungsbedingungen (vgl.…”

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Der „Dermatozoenwahn”

Freudenmann¹

2002

Fortschr Neurol Psychiatr

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This paper gives an up-to-date review on delusional parasitosis (DP) and particularly meets clinical interests. Facing the lack of clear guidelines for clinical practice an efficient diagnostic staircase procedure is presented. The different approaches in the therapy of DP are reviewed and summed up in a checklist. The available information on the therapeutic gold standard, the neuroleptic agent pimozide, is discussed. Symptoms and clinical characteristics of DP are presented partly based on material from an internet website run by patients. Moreover, this paper delivers a comprehensive literature review on the pathogenesis of DP and its classification. To conclude, possible future therapies in DP, e. g. serotonin-dopamine-antagonists, as well as current methods in research on hallucinations are discussed.

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Delusional Diseases

Fuchs¹

2001

Contemporary Psychiatry

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Epidemiologische Aspekte des Dermatozoenwahns

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