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Erotomania in Schneider-positive Schizophrenia

A Case Report

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Mary Hayes  and
Brian O'Shea
Mary Hayes
Affiliation:
St. Brendan's Hospital, Rathdown Road, Dublin 7
Brian O'Shea*
Affiliation:
St. Brendan's Hospital, Rathdown Road, Dublin 7
*
∗Correspondence
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Summary

A case of erotomania (de Clérambault's syndrome) in a female with Schneider-positive schizophrenia is presented. The factors in her environment which may have precipitated the illness are discussed. The secondary nature of the syndrome is further illustrated by a discussion of the literature. In erotomania, the deluded victim, usually a woman, believes that a man, unattainable because of his social status, is in love with her. The nosological purity of the syndrome, despite its relative rarity, remains a subject of considerable debate. We present a case of erotomania in a female with schneiderian first rank symptoms (FRS) of schizophrenia (Schneider, 1959).

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Brief Reports
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 146 , Issue 6 , June 1985 , pp. 661 - 663
Copyright
Copyright © 1985 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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