Clinical lycanthropy

Clinical lycanthropy is a rare psychiatric syndrome that involves a delusion that the affected person can transform into, has transformed into, or is, a non-human animal. Its name is associated with the mythical condition of lycanthropy, a supernatural affliction in which humans are said to physically shapeshift into wolves.

Not to be confused with Werewolf syndrome, Otherkin, or Therianthropy.
Clinical lycanthropy
Other namesZoanthropy
SpecialtyPsychiatry
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