Open AccessDelusional parasitosis of face in a factory worker
Author(s) -
M S Bhatia,
Anurag Jhanjee,
Shruti Srivastava
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
industrial psychiatry journal/industrial psychiatry journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0976-2795
pISSN - 0972-6748
DOI - 10.4103/0972-6748.98422
Subject(s) - etiology , psychosis , aripiprazole , face (sociological concept) , psychiatry , medicine , face to face , dermatology , psychology , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , philosophy , linguistics , epistemology
Delusional parasitosis is a form of monohypochondriacal psychosis, a condition sometimes encountered in psychiatric or dermatological clinical practice. The exact etiology and outcome of this condition is not well known. A patient with delusional parasitosis of face who responded to aripiprazole is described.