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Making Psychiatric Sense of Sand: A Case of Delusional Disorder in Saudi Arabia

Naseem Akhtar Qureshi

Buraidahh Mental Health Hospital

Tariq Ali Al-Habeeb

King Khalid University Hospital

Yasser Sayeed Al-Ghamdy

Health Affairs, Al-Qassim Region

Somatic delusional disorder is an uncommon psychiatric disorder that has been typically reported in elderly women. This article reviews the literature and describes a Saudi female patient who presented with novel somatic delusion of turabosis–the conviction that she was continually being covered by sand from sandstorms. Although the systematized delusional convictions remained unshakable, her anxiety and mood symptoms responded to a regimen of tricyclic antidepressants and her delusional beliefs resolved within eight weeks of treatment with risperidone. Sociocultural themes and therapeutic approaches to somatic delusional disorder are discussed.

Key Words: delusional disorder

Transcultural Psychiatry, Vol. 41, No. 2, 271-280 (2004)
DOI: 10.1177/1363461504043568
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