J Psychiatr Pract 2018 Nov;24(6):428-431
ZHU: Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA WERCHAN, ESCAMILLA: Department of Psychiatry, Dell Medical School at the University of Texas, Austin, TX SEBASTIAN: Ascension Texas Research Support Services, Austin, TX HOVINGA: Ascension Texas Research Support Services and The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy, Austin, TX REICHENBERG: Department of Dermatology, Dell Medical School at the University of Texas, Austin, TX.
Objective: Patients diagnosed with delusions of infestation (DOI) at a psychodermatology clinic appeared to have a higher incidence of being prescribed narcotic or stimulant medications compared with the general dermatologic clinic population with chronic pruritic conditions. A retrospective study was conducted examining the correlation between patients with DOI and prescribed psychoactive medications.
Methods: Ninety-two patients with a diagnosis of DOI, seen at our University Psychodermatology Clinic, served as the study population. Read More