Lycanthropy, an unusual psychiatric syndrome involving the delusion of being an animal,
usually occurs as a transient symptom of severe psychosis. A review of the historical and …

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 …

A case is described who exhibited lycanthropy during an acute psychotic illness. During a
short period she experienced herself as four different species of animal, an occurrence not …

The belief in the capacity of human metamorphosis into animal form has been recorded in
many cultures. Apart from historic description of lycanthropy, there have been 24 cases …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Discussion Interpretations of this syndrome have advanced from religious-superstitious to
medical models and more recently to psychodynamic interpretations. The case histories of …

The authors describe one case of Lycanthropy and revise the literature about this theme.
They observe that Lycanthropy has received scant attention in the modern literature, but …

Lycanthropy: New Evidence of Its Origin Page 1 Original Paper Psychopathology 1999;32:173–176
Lycanthropy: New Evidence of Its Origin Hamdy F. Moselhy Bushey Fields Hospital, Dudley …