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 …

Background: Culture can affect psychiatric disorders. Clinical Lycanthropy is a rare
syndrome, described since Antiquity, within which the patient has the delusional belief of …

Objective: Lycanthropy is an unusual psychiatric syndrome involving the delusion of being
an animal. Cotard's syndrome is another rare condition in which the patient has nihilistic …

This paper provides an overview and critical reassessment of the cases of clinical
lycanthropy reported in the medical literature from 1850 onwards. Out of 56 original case …

Zooanthropy (delusional beliefs of turning into an animal) is a rare but well recognised
psychiatric phenomenon. This case describes the presence of kynanthropic delusions …

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 …

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 …

Therianthropy is the belief that one is at least part non-human animal. This study aimed to
address the dichotomization surrounding therianthropy in relation to mental health and …

Child and adolescent psychiatry has been based on numerous fields of research and
theories, including neuroscience, physiology, psychology (developmental, psychodynamic …

First reported case of clinical lycanthropy in a 12-year-old adolescent: From culture-bound
syndromes to Internet-mediated delusions? Clinical lycanthropy is a syndrome in which the …