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Karey Windbiel-Rojas1, Rachel Matuskey, Denise Wall Parilo
1Karey Windbiel-Rojas is associate director for urban and community integrated pest management at the University of California Statewide Integrated Pest Management Program/UC Agriculture and Natural Resources in Davis, Calif. Rachel Matuskey is a recent graduate of the School of Nursing, California State University in Sacramento, Calif., where Denise Wall Parilo is a professor.
Abstract:
Patients with delusional infestation, a rare psychiatric disorder, have a false and fixed belief that insects or other organisms are crawling in or on their skin. This article describes signs and symptoms, available treatments, and appropriate nursing interventions for patients with primary delusional infestation.
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