DELUSIONS OF PARASITOSIS

Course overview

THIS ACTIVITY REVIEWS DELUSIONS OF PARASITOSIS, A RARE PSYCHIATRIC DISORDER. COMMUNICATING AND EVALUATING PATIENTS WITH THIS CONDITION CAN BE COMPLEX AND CHALLENGING BUT IS IMPORTANT, SINCE THE CONDITION CAN IMPAIR PATIENTS' FUNCTIONALITY IF NOT TREATED APPROPRIATELY. THIS ACTIVITY DESCRIBES THE EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH DELUSIONS OF PARASITOSIS AND REVIEWS THE ETIOLOGY, PATHOGENESIS, AND PHARMACOLOGY. THE ACTIVITY HIGHLIGHTS THE ROLE OF THE INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM IN EVALUATING AND TREATING PATIENTS WITH THIS CONDITION.