title: Successful ziprasidone monotherapy in a case of delusional parasitosis: a one-year followup.
abstract: Delusional parasitosis is characterized by the false idea that own body is infested by invisible mites, insects, or other parasites. This case report describes a 24-year-old woman with delusional parasitosis who was treated with ziprasidone monotherapy (120 mg/day) with a complete remission of delusion and followed for one year without symptom recurrences. These findings, although preliminary, indicate that further investigation of ziprasidone monotherapy for the treatment of delusional parasitosis is warranted in further trials.
authors.affiliation: National Health Service, Department of Mental Health, Psychiatric Service of Diagnosis and Treatment, Hospital "G. Mazzini", ASL 4, 64100 Teramo, Italy ; Department of Neuroscience and Imaging, Chair of Psychiatry, University "G. D'Annunzio", 66100 Chieti, Italy.
authors.forename: Domenico
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: De Berardis
authors.forename: Nicola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Serroni
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Marini
authors.forename: Gabriella
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rapini
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Valchera
authors.forename: Michele
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fornaro
authors.forename: Monica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mazza
authors.forename: Felice
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Iasevoli
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Martinotti
authors.forename: Massimo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Di Giannantonio