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Symptoms of Ekbom Syndrome and Its Treatment with Trifluoperazine
Abstract
Substance use may result in schizophrenia. Ekbom syndrome is characterized by the conviction of being infested by invisible mites or insects, despite clear evidence of the contrary and can be seen in schizophrenia. These patients usually go to non-psychiatric physicians and have lost faith in psychiatric treatment during psychiatric admission. Therefore, early diagnosis and subsequent psychiatric treatment are important. Antipsychotics can be used for treatment, but drug response characteristics vary. Conventional antipsychotics can be considered when there is no response with the commonly used drugs. In this case report, we present a male patient with Ekbom syndrome who had symptomatic improvement with short-term trifluoperazine therapy.
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Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
Clinical Sciences
Journal Section
Case Report
Authors
Publication Date
March 31, 2020
Submission Date
December 16, 2019
Acceptance Date
March 19, 2020
Published in Issue
Year 2020 Volume: 2 Number: 1