Diagnosis and clinical course of erotomanic and other delusional patients.
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.
Rudden
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Department of Psychiatry, Cornell University School of Medicine-Payne Whitney Clinic, New York, NY.
Sweeney
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J
Frances
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D003702:Delusions / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008149:Love; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019965:Neurocognitive Disorders / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D010259:Paranoid Disorders / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D011379:Prognosis; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology