The Spectrum of Ideation in Patients with Symptoms of Infestation: From Overvalued Ideas to the Terminal Delusional State

Gabrielle E. Brown^1,2*, Eric Sorenson^2,3, Mona Malakouti^2,4, Argentina Leon², Jason S. Reichenberg⁵, Michelle Magid⁶, Josephine L. Howard⁷, Jenny E. Murase^2,8 and John Y.M. Koo²

¹College of Medicine, University of Arizona, USA

²Department of Dermatology, University of California San Francisco, USA

³University of Southern California, USA

⁴Chicago Medical School, North Chicago, USA

⁵Department of Dermatology, University of Texas Southwestern - Austin, USA

⁶Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Southwestern - Austin, USA

⁷Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Francisco, USA

⁸Department of Dermatology, Palo Alto Foundation Medical Group, USA

^*Corresponding Author: Gabrielle E. Brown, College of Medicine, University of Arizona, 515 Spruce Street, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA, Tel: 415-476-3396 Email: