TY - JOUR
T1 - Iatrogenic delusional parasitosis
T2 - A case of physician-patient folie a deux
AU - Bury, Jessica E.
AU - Bostwick, J. Michael
PY - 2010/3
Y1 - 2010/3
N2 - This report presents a patient incorrectly diagnosed first with parasitic infestation and then with primary delusional parasitosis (DP). Neither diagnosis was correct. As she traveled from doctor to doctor, however, the primary DP label gained credibility via repetition, with her ongoing symptoms seen as proof of its truth.
AB - This report presents a patient incorrectly diagnosed first with parasitic infestation and then with primary delusional parasitosis (DP). Neither diagnosis was correct. As she traveled from doctor to doctor, however, the primary DP label gained credibility via repetition, with her ongoing symptoms seen as proof of its truth.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2009.09.013
DO - 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2009.09.013
M3 - Article
C2 - 20302996
AN - SCOPUS:77950691906
SN - 0163-8343
VL - 32
SP - 210
EP - 212
JO - General Hospital Psychiatry
JF - General Hospital Psychiatry
IS - 2
ER -