Accidental Therapists: For Insect Detectives, the Trickiest Cases Involve the Bugs that Aren’t Really There

The psychiatric condition known as delusional parasitosis is poorly understood, haphazardly treated and on the rise. Public entomologists like Gale Ridge work on the front lines of treatment, where the limits of science and medicine meet.

Source: STAT
Published: Mar 22, 2017
Length: 17 minutes (4,484 words)
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