Citation

Brieger P, Schulte-Mattler W, Zierz S. Nervenarzt, Der 1996; 67(9): 785-788.

Vernacular Title

Quecksilbervergiftungswahn bei multipler Sklerose.

Affiliation

Klinik und Poliklinik für Neurologie, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1996, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8992377

Abstract

We confirmed the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis in a 54-year-old man. The patient rejected this diagnosis and was completely convinced that all his symptoms resulted from a chronic mercury intoxication. We found evidence that this delusional disorder was an independent illness, and not a "symptomatic psychosis in multiple sclerosis." So far, little notice has been taken in psychiatry of delusions of environmental poisoning, which cause difficulties in applying common criteria of delusion.

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