"Les psychoses passionnelles" reconsidered: a review of de Clérambault's cases and syndrome with respect to mood disorders.
While de Clérambault's name has been linked to erotic delusions, he attempted to describe "pure" erotomania as a paradigm of a broader group of delusions. His own cases and a large number in the English and French literature seem to indicate that severe mood disorder, most likely bipolar affective disorder, is responsible for a portion of the erotomanic delusions. The concept of "les psychoses passionnelles" in the context of French psychiatry is reviewed.
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Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego 92064.
D000341:Affective Disorders, Psychotic / Q000266:history* / Q000523:psychology; D003702:Delusions / Q000266:history / Q000523:psychology; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D019965:Neurocognitive Disorders / Q000266:history* / Q000523:psychology