The Physician's Guide to Delusional Infestation
This unique, ground-breaking book is a comprehensive clinical guide to the psychiatric disorder of Delusional Infestation (DI). DI is a psychiatric illness characterized by patients holding a monothematic fixed belief of infestations on their skin, body, or immediate environment - a belief that is n...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing
2024, 2024
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2024 |
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Delusional Infestation: Its definition and forms, history, and useful literature
- Interviewing, differential diagnoses, patient information, treatment, and resources
- Practical Management of Delusional Infestation (DI)
- Delusional Infestation
- Delusions of Infestation in the Media and on the Internet
- Animal Suffering and Euthanization Caused by Human Psychosis
- Delusional Infestation – A View from Europe
- Treating the Difficult Patient: How to Approach a Patient with Delusional Infestation
- Concerns for Infestation (CI): Dermatologic Evaluation of Patients with Unwanted, Uncomfortable, and Unexplained sensations
- Neurological Aspects of Delusional Infestation
- When Delusional Patients are Really Infested: the Exception to the Rule
- The Role of the Clinical Parasitology Laboratory in Delusional Infestations
- A Matter of Time. Somatic Illness and Evolved Delusion. How Time Plays a Critical Role in Delusional Infestation
- Where the Emergency Department Fits In
- Brief Descriptions of Some Common Medically Significant Arthropods Related to Delusional Infestation