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Sleep, dexamethasone suppression test, and response to somatic therapies in an atypical affective state presenting as erotomania: a case report

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

L Staner
L Staner*
Affiliation:
Service de Psychiatrie, Hôpital Erasme, Cliniques Universitaires de Bruxelles, 808 route de Lennick, B-1070Brussels, Belgium
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Summary

The case of a woman presenting erotomania in the course of a loss-related depressive state is described. Clinical, biological and therapeutical characteristics highlight the role of mood in certain cases of erotomania and add support to previous accounts of the heterogeneity of this syndrome.

Keywords

erotomaniasleepDSTaffective disorderantidepressant treatments
Type
Case report
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 6 , Issue 5 , 1991 , pp. 269 - 271
Copyright
Copyright © Elsevier, Paris 1991

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