Clinical lycanthropy

Rare psychiatric syndrome in which patient feel that he is transformed or can transform into an animal.

A mythical disease in which the patient turns into a beast, also referred to as lycanthropy, from the Greek λύκος — wolf and άνθρωπος — man.

Patients clinical lycanthropy seems that they turn into wolves, there are various other options — cats, horses, birds, frogs, etc. In some cases it was not possible to determine what animal represents himself sick.

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