Citation

Humphreys M, Burnett F. Med. Sci. Law 1994; 34(4): 343-346.

Affiliation

University of Edinburgh, Department of Psychiatry, Royal Edinburgh Hospital.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1994, British Academy of Forensic Sciences, Publisher SAGE Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

7830522

Abstract

A man previously imprisoned for 11 years developed unremitting and treatment-resistant monosymptomatic hypochondriacal psychosis following a period in excess of 12 months in solitary confinement. We are unaware of any other reported incidences of this disorder arising in such circumstances.

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