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23 wrz 2024 · At its core, lycanthropy refers to the folkloric ability or power of a human to transform into a wolf or to have wolf-like characteristics. This phenomenon is not merely a subject of horror stories and folklore; it has deep psychological and social implications that resonate in contemporary society.
10 paź 2021 · Clinical Lycanthropy is a psychiatric syndrome within which the patient has the delusional belief of turning into a wolf. Zoanthropy is a psychiatric syndrome within which the patient has the delusional belief of turning into an animal.
24 paź 2024 · lycanthropy, (from Greek lykos, “wolf ”; anthropos, “man”), mental disorder in which the patient believes that he is a wolf or some other nonhuman animal.
Objective: The imagination of being transformed into an animal or being an animal is called lycanthropy. The phenomenon is presented and psychodynamical aspects are discussed. Method: A literature review forms the base of this discussion of a psychopathological phenomenon.
As noted by Surawicz and Banta (1975), ‘The definition of lycanthropy through the ages is fairly universal, namely that once a man is changed into a wolf, he acquires its characteristics,...
Clinical lycanthropy is a rare form of reverse inter-metamorphosis wherein patients believe that they are undergoing transformation or have transformed into a non-human animal. A case of such a delusional misidentification involving the Self is presented here.
4 mar 2014 · Abstract. This paper provides an overview and critical reassessment of the cases of clinical lycanthropy reported in the medical literature from 1850 onwards. Out of 56 original case descriptions of metamorphosis into an animal, only 13 fulfilled the criteria of clinical lycanthropy proper.
