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ArticleCureus2022

Morgellons Disease Treated as a Psychosomatic Condition.

Hunter A Cutlip, Raja Mogallapu, Michael Ang-Rabanes

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In one paragraph

Article in Cureus, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 48% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Hunter A CutlipPsychiatry, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Martinsburg, USA.
Raja MogallapuPsychiatry, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Martinsburg, USA.
Michael Ang-RabanesPsychiatry, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Martinsburg, USA.
West Virginia University · USMartinsburg VA Medical Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This case report details the presentation of a patient who presented to Psychiatry via the Emergency Department following a diphenhydramine overdose in an attempt to seek relief from a perceived skin condition. Review of the patient's files demonstrated similar presentations to a number of other specialties including Family Medicine and Dermatology. Due to the description by the patient of his condition as well as the associated psychiatric symptoms and significant impairment to his life, he was diagnosed with Morgellons disease. This paper seeks to highlight the lack of physical findings by other specialties, elaborate on the treatment plan during his inpatient stay, and review the evidence regarding the psychosomatic presentation of the disease.

Indexed as

chronic lyme diseasedelusional parasitosismorgellons diseasepsychosomatic disorderspsychosomatic symptoms

Identifiers

PMID35755571
PMCPMC9217663
OpenAlexW4281291140

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