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Does Erotomania Exist Between Women?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Joyce L. Dunlop
Joyce L. Dunlop*
Affiliation:
De la Pole Hospital & Kingston General Hospital, Hull, HU3 1UR
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Abstract

Two cases of homosexual erotomania are described and the recommended diagnostic criteria applied. The symptoms were found to be very similar to that occurring with heterosexual patients. The case for retaining erotomania as a distinct entity is discussed.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 153 , Issue 6 , December 1988 , pp. 830 - 833
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1988 

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