Delusions of parasitosis is a fixed false belief that the patient has an infection with an organism such as parasites or other nonvisible organisms. [1] Delusions of parasitosis is a psychiatric disorder categorized as a delusional disorder but can have a primary presentation or secondary presentation.NCBISkiptomaincontentSkiptonavigationResourcesHowToAboutNCBIAccesskeysMyNCBISignintoNCBISignOutNCBIBookshelf.AserviceoftheNationalLibraryofMedicine,NationalInstitutesofHealth.StatPearls[Internet].TreasureIsland(FL):StatPearlsPublishing;2021Jan-.StatPearls[Internet].ShowdetailsTreasureIsland(FL):StatPearlsPublishing;2021Jan-.SearchtermDelusionsOfParasitosisMohammedN.Ansari;BradleyN.Bragg.AuthorInformationAuthorsMohammedN.Ansari1;BradleyN.Bragg2.Affiliations1UniversityHospitalandMedicalCenter2MayoClinicFloridaLastUpdate:June2,2020.ContinuingEducationActivityThisactivityreviewsdelusionsofparasitosis,ararepsychiatricdisorder.Communicatingandevaluatingpatientswiththisconditioncanbecomplexandchallengingbutisimportant,sincetheconditioncanimpairpatients'functionalityifnottreatedappropriately.Thisactivitydescribestheevaluationandmanagementofpatientswithdelusionsofparasitosisandreviewstheetiology,pathogenesis,andpharmacology.Theactivityhighlightstheroleoftheinterprofessionalteaminevaluatingandtreatingpatientswiththiscondition.Objectives:Identifythedifferentetiologiesofdelusionsofparasitosis.Outlinethetypicalpresentationofapatientwithdelusionsofparasitosis.Summarizetreatmentconsiderationsforpatientswithdelusionsofparasitosis.Explaintheimportanceofcollaborationandcommunicationamongsttheinterprofessionalteamtoidentifypatientswithdelusionsofparasitosisandtoenhancemanagementofthedisorder.Earncontinuingeducationcredits(CME/CE)onthistopic.IntroductionDelusionsofparasitosis,alsoknownasdelusionalinfestation,psychogenicparasitosis,formication,delusionalinfestationorEkbomsyndromeisararepsychiatricdisorderclassifiedintheDSMVunderthedelusionaldisorders.[1]Thediagnosisisadelusionaldisorderwhe