Abstract
Twenty-eight patients with erotomanic delusions were compared with 80 patients with other delusions to clarify questions about diagnosis and course of illness in erotomania. The erotomanic patients were a heterogeneous group with respect to both diagnosis and course. They had significantly more manic symptoms than the comparison group and more affective diagnoses than would be expected from the literature; 25% (N=7) had schizoaffective disorder and 7% (N=2) had bipolar disorder. A subgroup of monodelusional erotomanic patients was identified who met the DSM-III-R criteria for delusional disorder, thus supporting the decision to include erotomanic delusions in this diagnostic category in the revision of DSM-III.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 625-628 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | American Journal of Psychiatry |
Volume | 147 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1990 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Psychiatry and Mental health