Delusional parasitosis: folie à deux and attempted murder of a family doctor.
A 58-year-old woman suffering from delusional parasitosis tried to kill her general practitioner. Her husband shared in her beliefs but lost all delusional conviction after she was compulsorily admitted to a special hospital. The case illustrates the intractable nature and potential dangerousness of some of these cases, and their affinity to paranoia.
Bourgeois
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ML
Université Bordeaux II, France.
Duhamel
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P
Verdoux
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D003702:Delusions / Q000523:psychology*; D004478:Ectoparasitic Infestations / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006708:Homicide / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D010820:Physicians / Q000523:psychology; D012532:Scabies / Q000523:psychology; D012753:Shared Paranoid Disorder / Q000523:psychology*