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Clinical Lycanthropy and the Austin Harrouff Case: A 2026 Forensic Psychiatric Analysis

"The term clinical lycanthropy refers to a rare psychiatric syndrome in which an individual possesses the delusional belief that they can transform or have transformed into an animal. The association with Austin Harrouff, who gained national notoriety for a 2016 homicide case in Florida, stems from public and media speculation regarding the psychiatric state of the perpetrator at the time of the event. Understanding Clinical Lycanthropy in Forensic Contexts Clinical lycanthropy is categorized within the medical literature as a rare delusional manifestation. It is not a formal diagnostic entity in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental..."

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