References to Entomophobia and Delusory Parasitosis

Completed 2/97

J.D. DeAngelis, Oregon State University

Aizenberg D; Schwartz B; Zemishlany Z. (1991). Delusional parasitosis associated with phenelzine.

British Journal of Psychiatry, 159:716-7.

Berrios, G. E. (1985). Delusional parasitosis and physical disease. Comprehensive Psychiatry

26:395-403. [33 refs, historical account, 3 cases]

Bourgeois ML; Duhamel P; Verdoux H. (1992). Delusional parasitosis: folie a deux and attempted

murder of a family doctor. British Journal of Psychiatry 161:709-11.

Caron, D.M. (1990) Entomophobia! American Bee Journal, 130: 779-782.

Colloff, M.J. (1990) Acarological investigations in cases of delusional parasitosis. EURAAC News

Letter, 3: 11-14.

de Leon, J. (1992). Delusion of parasitosis or chronic tactile hallucinosis: Hypothesis about their brain

physiopathology. Comprehensive Psychiatry 33(1):25-33.

de Leon J; Antelo RE; Simpson G. (1992) Delusion of parasitosis or chronic tactile hallucinosis:

hypothesis about their brain physiopathology. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 33(1):25-33.

de Jong, P. and Merckelbach, H. (1991). Covariation bias and electrodermal responding in spider

phobics before and after behavioural treatment. Behaviour Research and Therapy. 29(4):307-314.

Frances, A. and Munro, A. (1989). Treating a woman who believes she has bugs under her skin.

Hospital and Community Psychiatry. 40(11):1113-4.

Gieler, U.; Knoll, M. (1990). Delusional parasitosis as 'folie a trois' .Dermatologica, 181: 122-125.

Grace, J.K.; Wood, D.L. (1987). Delusory cleptoparasitosis: delusions of arthropod infestation in the

home. Pan-Pacific Entomologist, 63: 1-4.

Heidbreder, G. A. and Waldron, W. G. (1971). Illusions of parasitosis. JAMA (June 28)

216(13):2145.

Hopkinson, G. (1973). The psychiatric syndrome of infestation. Psychiatr. Clin. 6:330-345.

Hornstein, O. P., Hofmann, P., and Joraschky, P. (1989). [Delusions of parasitic skin infestation in

elderly dermatologic patients]. [German]. Zeitschrift fur Hautkrankheiten. 64(11):981-982, 985-989.

Hunt, N. J. and Blacker, V. R. (1987). Delusional parasitosis. British Journal of Psychiatry.

150:713-714. [Letter]

Hunt, N. J. and Blacker, V. R. (1987). Delusional parasitosis. Brit. J. Psychiatry 150:713-714.

[Letter, associated with arson and dangerous behavior]

King, B. (1990). Hypothesis: Involvement of the serotonergic system in the clinical expression of

monosymptomatic hypochondriasis. Pharmacopsychiatry 23(2):85-89.

Koblenzer, C.S. (1993) The clinical presentation. Diagnosis and treatment of

delusions of parasitosis - a dermatologic perspective.Bulletin of the Society for Vector Ecology, 18:

6-10.

Kolansky, H. (1960). Treatment of a three-year old girl's severe infantile neurosis. Psychoanalytic

Study of the Child. 15:261-285

Kushon, D.J. et al. (1993) Delusions of parasitosis: a survey of entomologists from a psychiatric

perspective.Bulletin of the Society for Vector Ecology, 18: 11-15.

Leclercq M; Musalek M. (1992). [Infestational delirium: entomophobia, acarophobia, parasitic

dermatophobia. Psychopathology and therapy]. Revue Medicale de Liege, 47(6):305-13. Language:

French.

Lyell, A. (1983) Delusions of parasitosis. British Journal of Dermatology, 108: 485-499.

Macaskill, N. (1987). Delusion parasitosis: Successful non-pharmalogical treatment of a folie-a-deux.

British Journal Of Psychiatry 150:261-263.

Macaskill, N. D. (1987). Delusion parasitosis: successful non-pharmacological treatment of a

folie-a-deux. Brit. J. Psychiatry 150:261-263. [2 men (with shared symptoms = folie-a-deux), infested

with "black specks" --stress related]

Maier, Ch. (1987). Zum Problem des Dermatozoenwhansyndroms. Nervenarzt. 58:107-115.

Marks, I. A. (1969). Fears and phobias. Academic Press, London. 302pp.

Marschall, M. A., Dolezal, R. F., Cohen, M., and Marschall, S. F. (1991). Chronic wounds and

delusions of parasitosis in the drug abuser. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 88(2):328-330.

[Review of Reported Cases.]

May, W.W. ; Terpenning, M.S. (1991) Delusional parasitosis in geriatric patients. Psychosomatics,

32: 88-94.

May, W. (1991). Delusional parasitosis in geriatric patients. Psychosomatics 32(1):88-94.

Merckelbach, H., Arntz, A., and de Jong, P. (1991). Conditioning experiences in spider phobics.

Behaviour Research and Therapy. 29(4):333-335.

Miller, L. A. (1954). An account of insect hallucinations affecting an elderly couple. Can. Entomol.

86(10):455- 457.

Mitchell, C. (1989). Successful treatment of chronic delusional parasitosis. British Journal of

Psychiatry. 155:556-557.

Morris M. (1991) Delusional infestation. British Journal of Psychiatry. Supplement, 1991

Nov(14):83-7.

Mumford, J. (1982). Entomophobia: the fear of arthropods. Antenna 6(1):156-157.

Musalek, M. and Kutzer, E. (1990). The frequency of shared delusions in delusions of infestation.

European Archives of Psychiatry and Neurological Sciences. 239(4):263-266.

Musalek, M., Bach, M., Gerstberger, K., Lesch, O. M., Passweg, V., Wancata, J., and Walter, H.

(1989). [Drug therapy of delusional parasitosis. The importance of differential diagnosis for

psychopharmacologic treatment of patients with delusional parasitosis]. [German]. Wiener

Medizinische Wochenschrift. 139(13):297-302.

Musalek, M. J., Grunberger, J., Lesch, O. M., Linzmayer, L., Walter, H. and Gebhart, W. (1988).

Zur Psychopathologie der Dermatozoenwhankranken. Nervenarzt. 59:603-609.

Musalek, M. and Kutzer, E. (1989). [Psychiatric and parasitologic aspects of dermatozoon delusion].

[German]. Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift. 101(5):153-160.

Musalek, M. (1990) The position of delusional parasitosis in psychiatric nosology and

classification.Psychopathology, 23: 115-124.

November, J. (1988) Nothing to fear but fear itself. Pest Control Technology, 16: 60-64.

Obermayer, M. E. (1961). Dynamics and management of self- induced eruptions. California Medicine.

94(2):61-65.

Ohtaki, N. (1991). [Delusions of parasitosis--report of 94 cases]. [Japanese]. Nippon Hifuka Gakkai

Zasshi. Japanese Journal of Dermatology. 101(4):439-446.

Olkowski, H. and Olkowski, W. (1976). Entomophobia in the urban ecosystem; some observations

and suggestions. Bull. Entomol. Soc. Amer. 22:313-317.

Pomerantz, C. (1959). Arthropods and psychic disturbances. Bull. Entomol. Soc. Amer. 5:65-67.

Poorbugh, J.H. (1993) Cryptic arthropod infestations: separating fact from fiction. Bulletin of the

Society for Vector Ecology, 18: 3-5.

Reilly, T.M.; Batchelor, D.H. (1986) The presentation and treatment of delusional parasitosis: a

dermatological perspective. International Clinical Psychopharmacology, 1: 340-353.

Schrut, A. H. and Waldron, W. G. (1963). Psychiatric and entomological aspects of delusory

parasitosis. J. Amer. Med. Assoc. 186(4):213-214.

Scott, H. G. and Clinton, J. M. (1967). An investigation of "Cable Mite" dermatitis. Annals of Allergy

25(8):--

Simpson, W. J. (1987). Cable bugs --mysterious biting insects of faulty diagnosis. Parasitol. Today

3(11):323-324. [Not necessarily delusory parasitosis, but possibly not of arthropod origin, possible

explanations offered]

Smith, R. C. (1934). Hallucinations of insect infestation causing annoyance to man. Brooklyn Ento.

Soc. Bull. 29:208-212.

Sperling, M. (1971). Spider fantasies. J. Amer. Psychoanalytic Assoc. 19:472-498.

Thibierge, G. (1894). Les acarophobes. Rev. Gen. Clin. Ther. 32:373-376.

Todd, J. (1968). Lilliputian hallucination complicating dexamphetamine-amylobarbitone addiction.

Brit. J. Addict. 63:271-274.

Torch, E, M. and Bishop, E. R. (1981). Delusions of parasitosis in psychotherapeutic engagement.

Am. J. Psychother. 101-274.

Trabert, W. (1991). [Epidemiology of delusional ectoparasitic infestation]. [German]. Nervenarzt.

62(3):165-169.

Traver, J. R. (1951). Unusual scalp dermatitis in humans caused by the mite Dermatophagoides. Ent.

soc. Washington. 53(1):1-25.

Waldron, W. G. (1972). The entomologist and illusions of parasitosis. Calif. Med. 117:76-78.

Waldron, W. G. (1962). The role of the entomologist in delusory parasitosis (entomophobia). Bull.

Entomol. Soc. Amer. 8:81-83.

Webb, J.P., Jr. (1993) Case histories of individuals with delusions of parasitosis in southern California

and a proposed protocol for initiating effective medical assistance.Bulletin of the Society for Vector

Ecology, 18: 16-25.

Weinstein, P. (1994). Insects in psychiatry. Cultural Entomology Digest Issue 2 (February, 1994)

10-14.

Wilson, J. W. and Miller, H. E. (1946). Delusion of parasitosis. Arch Dermatol. 54:39-56.

Wykoff, R. F. (1987). Delusions of parasitosis: a review. Rev. Inf. Dis. 9:433-437. [An excellent

review, 42 refs]