A PARTIAL FORM OF LYCANTHROPY WITH HAIR DELUSION IN A MANIC-DEPRESSIVE PATIENT

Authors
VERDOUX H BOURGEOIS M
Citation
H. Verdoux et M. Bourgeois, A PARTIAL FORM OF LYCANTHROPY WITH HAIR DELUSION IN A MANIC-DEPRESSIVE PATIENT, British Journal of Psychiatry, 163, 1993, pp. 684-686
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry,Psychiatry
Journal title
British Journal of Psychiatry → ACNP
ISSN journal
00071250
Volume
163
Year of publication
1993
Pages
684 - 686
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-1250(1993)163:<684:APFOLW>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
A 45-year-old man was admitted with a hair growth delusion and depress ive symptoms. The delusion persisted for three years and disappeared a fter a manic episode. This odd delusion has some similarities with lyc anthropy.