Successful Ziprasidone Monotherapy in a Case of Delusional Parasitosis: A One-Year Followup

Domenico De Berardis; Nicola Serroni; Stefano Marini; Gabriella Rapini; Alessandro Valchera; Michele Fornaro; Monica Mazza; Felice Iasevoli; Giovanni Martinotti; Massimo Di Giannantonio

doi:10.1155/2013/913248

Case Reports in Psychiatry (Jan 2013)

Successful Ziprasidone Monotherapy in a Case of Delusional Parasitosis: A One-Year Followup

Domenico De Berardis,
Nicola Serroni,
Stefano Marini,
Gabriella Rapini,
Alessandro Valchera,
Michele Fornaro,
Monica Mazza,
Felice Iasevoli,
Giovanni Martinotti,
Massimo Di Giannantonio

Affiliations

Domenico De Berardis: National Health Service, Department of Mental Health, Psychiatric Service of Diagnosis and Treatment, Hospital “G. Mazzini”, ASL 4, 64100 Teramo, Italy
Nicola Serroni: National Health Service, Department of Mental Health, Psychiatric Service of Diagnosis and Treatment, Hospital “G. Mazzini”, ASL 4, 64100 Teramo, Italy
Stefano Marini: National Health Service, Department of Mental Health, Psychiatric Service of Diagnosis and Treatment, Hospital “G. Mazzini”, ASL 4, 64100 Teramo, Italy
Gabriella Rapini: National Health Service, Department of Mental Health, Psychiatric Service of Diagnosis and Treatment, Hospital “G. Mazzini”, ASL 4, 64100 Teramo, Italy
Alessandro Valchera: Hermanas Hospitalarias, FoRiPsi, Villa S. Giuseppe Hospital, 63100 Ascoli Piceno, Italy
Michele Fornaro: Department of “Scienze della Formazione”, University of Catania, 95121 Catania, Italy
Monica Mazza: Department of Health Science, University of L’Aquila, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy
Felice Iasevoli: Laboratory of Molecular Psychiatry and Psychopharmacotherapeutics, Section of Psychiatry, Department of Neuroscience, University School of Medicine “Federico II”, 80131 Naples, Italy
Giovanni Martinotti: Department of Neuroscience and Imaging, Chair of Psychiatry, University “G. D’Annunzio”, 66100 Chieti, Italy
Massimo Di Giannantonio: Department of Neuroscience and Imaging, Chair of Psychiatry, University “G. D’Annunzio”, 66100 Chieti, Italy

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/913248
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2013

Abstract

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Delusional parasitosis is characterized by the false idea that own body is infested by invisible mites, insects, or other parasites. This case report describes a 24-year-old woman with delusional parasitosis who was treated with ziprasidone monotherapy (120 mg/day) with a complete remission of delusion and followed for one year without symptom recurrences. These findings, although preliminary, indicate that further investigation of ziprasidone monotherapy for the treatment of delusional parasitosis is warranted in further trials.

Published in Case Reports in Psychiatry

ISSN: 2090-682X (Print); 2090-6838 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry: Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system: Psychiatry
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1604

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