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Depression-Dependent Erotomanic Delusions in a Mentally Handicapped Woman

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

M. Ghaziuddin  and
L. Tsai
M. Ghaziuddin*
Affiliation:
Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, CAPH Box 0706, University of Michigan Hospitals, 1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48105–0706, USA
L. Tsai
Affiliation:
Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan Hospitals, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
*
∗Correspondence
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Abstract

Erotomanic delusions occurred in a depressed mentally handicapped woman. Although erotomania is generally classified with paranoid disorders, in people with mental handicap, depression may be the more commonly associated illness.

British Journal of Psychiatry (1991), 158, 127–129

Type
Research Article
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 158 , Issue 1 , January 1991 , pp. 127 - 129
Copyright
Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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