title: [A case of lycanthropy with deadly violence].
abstract: After a short historical review of the contemporary medical literature, the authors analyze a new and original observation of lycanthropy. He is a 28 years old man, imprisoned for deadly violence, who has been showing, for many years, the belief of being transformed into a werewolf during depersonalization episodes when he presents a lycanthropic behaviour. Our observation is closer to hysteria and mythomania on an antisocial personality, although it seems difficult to place the mental pathology of this alcoholic recidivist delinquent into a nosographical frame.
authors.affiliation: Service Médico-Psychologique Régional des Prisons, Centre Hospitalier Spécialisé Charles-Perrens, Bordeaux.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bénézech
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: De Witte
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Etchepare
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bourgeois
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003702:Delusions / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D020018:Sexual Dysfunctions, Psychological / Q000523:psychology
vernacular_title: A propos d'une observation de lycanthropie avec violences mortelles.