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Clinical lycanthropy is a type of delusional misidentification syndrome of the self, and it often overlaps with other delusional misidentification syndromes. [13] For example, there is a case study of a psychiatric patient who had both clinical lycanthropy and Cotard delusion. [14]
"Mr. Phillips", a French hypnotist living in London, had been following the "Werewolf of Allariz" case through the reporting in French newspapers. Phillips wrote to José de Castro y Orozco, the Spanish Minister of Justice, stating that Blanco was suffering from a monomania known as lycanthropy and was not responsible for his actions. He ...
Delusional misidentification syndrome is an umbrella term, introduced by Christodoulou (in his book The Delusional Misidentification Syndromes, Karger, Basel, 1986) for a group of four delusional disorders that occur in the context of mental and neurological illness.
Treatments involving medication have proven successful in a number of cases. Number 9. Paris Syndrome. Though visiting Paris and deciding the city isn't all it's cracked up to be sounds like a ...
One case study has suggested a more refined explanation, [10] suggesting that damage to the ventral stream of the visual system, that connects the visual cortex to areas in the temporal lobes, could produce the required visuospatial disorientation and poor memory integration.
The following case is an instance of the Capgras delusion resulting from a neurodegenerative disease: Fred, a 59-year-old man with a high school qualification, was referred for neurological and neuropsychological evaluation because of cognitive and behavioural disturbances.
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Psychologists generally group Boanthropy, along with other forms of zoanthropy, into the diagnosis of Clinical lycanthropy. Other conditions frequently, but not universally, found in patients include schizophrenia, psychotic depression, and bipolar disorder. [5] [6]