LYCANTHROPE
By: Shyan Burrell 08/19/04
Lycanthrope is a mental disorder in which the sufferer believes that they are a wolf or some other beast.
Lycanthrope has been linked by modern medical doctors to many different types of disorders (some I personally don?t agree with but I will list them all anyway) such as?
	Bipolar      Disorder or Manic-Depressive Psychosis and Psychomotor Epilepsy or      Temporal Lobe Epilepsy-meaning some kind of motor action directly      proceeding from mental activity like a seizure.
	Dissociate-type      Hysterical Personality- meaning something similar to split personality      disorder.  Dramatic and intensely      expressed emotional behavior.
	Organic      Brain Disorder with Psychosis- meaning any acute or chronic mental      dysfunction (as delirium or senile dementia) resulting chiefly from      physical changes in brain structure.
	Psychotic      Depressive Reaction- a mental disorder that causes a lost contact with      reality, also a mood disorder.
	Schizophrenia      or Dementia Praecox- meaning one has a loss of contact with the      environment and has a noticeable deterioration in the level of function in      everyday life.
Hallucinogenic plants and fungus-infected grains/foods have been the cause of many outbreaks of Lycanthrope over the centuries, like Belladonna (Deadly Nightshade) and a fungus called Ergot, which is similar to LSD and very hallucinogenic.
Some sources say some cases of Lycanthrope can be caused by Rabies. Rabies can be carried by dogs and wolves and if bitten your body will hurt and go through changes which can explain the transformation one thinks they are going through, thus believing they are turning into a werewolf, and it causes one to hallucinate and even attack and bite other people like that of a frightened wolf. Rabies causes increased salivation and abnormal behavior making one appear like an animal. The infected person also becomes Hydrophobic, which is a morbid fear of water. After getting Rabies a person would eventually get paralysis and die within 5 days if it is untreated.