Lycanthropy as a culture-bound syndrome: a case report and review of the literature

RB Khalil, P Dahdah, S Richa… - Journal of Psychiatric …, 2012 - journals.lww.com
Lycanthropy is an unusual belief or delusion that one has been transformed into an animal,
or behaviors or feelings suggestive of such a belief. We report a case of lycanthropic …

Belief in transforming another person into a wolf: could it be a variant of lycanthropy?

AG Nejad - Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Objective: Lycanthropy is a rare psychiatric condition in which the patient believes in being
transformed into an animal. Belief in the transformation of another person into an animal has …

[PDF][PDF] Lycanthropy in depression: a case report

AR MOGHADAS, M Nasseri - 2004 - sid.ir
Lycanthropy, by definition, is a belief of delusion in which the patient considers himself or
others as a wolf or some other animals. Knowledge of lycanthropy dates back to about two …

[PDF][PDF] Man transforming into wolf: a rare case of clinical lycanthropy

GH Sayar, G Kagan, E Ozten - J. Neurobehav. Sci, 2014 - academia.edu
Clinical lycanthropy is defined as a rare psychiatric syndrome that involves a delusion that
the affected person can transform into, has transformed into, or is a non-human animal. Its …

Lycanthropy alive in Babylon: the existence of archetype

AA Younis, HF Moselhy - Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Objective: Lycanthropy is the belief in the capacity of human metamorphosis into animal
form. It has been recorded in many cultures. Apart from historic description of lycanthropy …

Lycanthropy: alive and well in the twentieth century

PE Keck, HG Pope, JI Hudson, SL McElroy… - Psychological …, 1988 - cambridge.org
Lycanthropy, the belief that one has been transformed into an animal (or behaviour
suggestive of such a belief), has been described by physicians and clerics since antiquity …

Attempted suicide during an episode of lycanthropy-a case report and review of literature

A Groh, A Heberlein, N Thürauf, P Garlipp… - Psychiatry …, 2020 - safetylit.org
Lycanthropy is the belief of being transformed into an animal, seen either in animal-like
behaviour or in the explicit verbal expressions of the patient. Garlipp and Machleidt (2003) …

A case of lycanthropy with deadly violence

M Bénézech, J De Witte, JJ Etchepare… - Annales medico …, 1989 - europepmc.org
After a short historical review of the contemporary medical literature, the authors analyze a
new and original observation of lycanthropy. He is a 28 years old man, imprisoned for …

Lycanthropy–psychopathological and psychodynamical aspects

P Garlipp, T Gödecke‐Koch, DE Dietrich… - Acta Psychiatrica …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Objective: The imagination of being transformed into an animal or being an animal is called
lycanthropy. The phenomenon is presented and psychodynamical aspects are discussed …

Lycanthropy and demonomania: some psychopathological issues

K Koehler, H Ebel, D Vartzopoulos - Psychological Medicine, 1990 - cambridge.org
Modern reports on lycanthropy mainly concentrate on the content of patients' beliefs in being
transformed into an animal. By contrast, an interest in the form of the symptomatology is …