Background: Transactional Analysis (TA) and egogram have been in focus for medical and educational fields. There has been a reliable personality battery, Tokyo University Egogram (TEG). Recent topic includes TEG new version 3 for clinical introduction. Using TEG ver.3, university students were investigated for their egogram pattern. Subjects & Methods: Subjects were 99 late teenagers. They were given lectures of TEG and their data was analyzed three months after the admission of the university. Results: TEG ver3 presents 33 egogram types which are related to the personality of Japanese people. Among them, there were four higher prevalence of egogram types, which were Free Child (FC) dominant, Adapted Child (AC) dominant, Critical Parent (CP) inferior and Child (C) Dominant. The percentage datum of current study vs previous standard value in each type was 10 vs 6.8%, 26 vs 6.1%, 8 vs 2.1% 9 vs 1.1%, respectively. Discussion & Conclusion: These four types are estimated as free-spirit, dependent, loose and selfishness. Elevated FC and AC would be probably due to the influence of educational and social environment in Japan. Among them, high school students must study hard for entrance exams without meaningful social experiences. Further investigation will be required for TEG.
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Delusional parasitosis is an uncommon disorder and is probably underdiagnosed - several factors contribute including lack of recognition/difficulty in arriving to a conclusion by a clinician, or the reluctance to seek help or even rejection of the diagnosis by a patient. Patients present with pruritus, excoriations, stinging or formication for which no physical explanation can be found. There is the belief on the part of the patient that their skin is infested by insects or inanimate objects. It is estimated that a dermatologist may see one case every 7 years (Suh, 2018). Morgellons disease is a disputed condition which may fall under the umbrella term of delusional parasitosis. In this condition any areas of concern on the skin are believed to contain foreign material, usually coloured fibres. There is often an overlap of delusional parasitosis with other mental health problems such as depression and anxiety. Successful treatment requires a multi-modal approach in the form of medication (usually antipsychotics), psychotherapy and the input of various specialists (dermatology and psychiatry). Primary care -general practitioners in particular - has a central role to play by orchestrating this process so that a satisfactory outcome is achieved.
{"title":"Delusional Parasitosis: More Than Just\u0000Skin-Deep - A Case Report","authors":"Reshma Hegde, P. Gunputh","doi":"10.33805/2638-8073.130","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33805/2638-8073.130","url":null,"abstract":"Delusional parasitosis is an uncommon disorder and is probably underdiagnosed - several factors contribute including lack of recognition/difficulty in arriving to a conclusion by a clinician, or the reluctance to seek help or even rejection of the diagnosis by a patient. Patients present with pruritus, excoriations, stinging or formication for which no physical explanation can be found. There is the belief on the part of the patient that their skin is infested by insects or inanimate objects. It is estimated that a dermatologist may see one case every 7 years (Suh, 2018). Morgellons disease is a disputed condition which may fall under the umbrella term of delusional parasitosis. In this condition any areas of concern on the skin are believed to contain foreign material, usually coloured fibres. There is often an overlap of delusional parasitosis with other mental health problems such as depression and anxiety. Successful treatment requires a multi-modal approach in the form of medication (usually antipsychotics), psychotherapy and the input of various specialists (dermatology and psychiatry). Primary care -general practitioners in particular - has a central role to play by orchestrating this process so that a satisfactory outcome is achieved.","PeriodicalId":311654,"journal":{"name":"Edelweiss: Psychiatry Open Access","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121120675","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}