The belief to be transformed into an animal is named Lycanthropy." Zooanthropismus" is the
German equivalent. Three case reports raised the question how this phenomenon, in our …

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, 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 …

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 …

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, mythology and medicine Page 1 References 1. Tate BG, Baroff GS. Aversive
control of self injurious behaviour in a psychotic boy. Behav Res Ther 1966; 4:281-7. 2. Emerson …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …