Multiple serial lycanthropy. A case report.
A case is described who exhibited lycanthropy during an acute psychotic illness. During a short period she experienced herself as four different species of animal, an occurrence not previously reported. The phenomenon of lycanthropy is most appropriately regarded as a delusion, but the abnormal subjective experience is stressed, not just the falsely-held belief.
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St Crispin Hospital, Northampton, UK.
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D000328:Adult; D000341:Affective Disorders, Psychotic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D000828:Animal Population Groups; D000818:Animals; D003702:Delusions / Q000523:psychology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006212:Hallucinations / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans