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Psychotic Disorder as a Differential Diagnosis to Excoriation (Skin-Picking Disorder)

Skin picking may occur in response to a delusion (i.e., parasitosis) or tactile hallucination (i.e., formication) in a psychotic disorder. In such cases, excoriation disorder should not be diagnosed.

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Updated 2023-07-09

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