Asian J Psychiatr. 2014 Dec;12:148-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ajp.2014.10.002.
Clinical lycanthropy is a rare form of reverse intermetamorphosis; intermatamorphosis being one of the delusional misidentification syndromes, in which patients believe that they are undergoing transformation or have transformed into a non-human animal. Psychiatric diseases commonly associated with it are schizophrenia, affective disorders, substance use, personality disorders and general medical conditions. Here we report the unique case of an ophidianthropy along with other psychopathologies in a patient of schizophrenia. The different neurochemicals associated with lycanthropy are also discussed.
临床狼人症是一种罕见的逆向变形;变形是一种妄想性身份识别障碍,患者认为自己正在经历变形或已经变成了非人类动物。常见的精神病学疾病包括精神分裂症、情感障碍、物质使用、人格障碍和一般医学病症。在此,我们报告了一例独特的蛇人症病例,同时还伴有精神分裂症患者的其他精神病理学症状。文中还讨论了与狼人症相关的不同神经化学物质。