title: ["Protective powers" in senile paraphrenia].
abstract: A 75-year-old woman suffering from chronic late paraphrenia presented with the unusual delusion of being accompanied and protected by an invisible dwarfish being. By analogy with the "transitional objects" and "imaginary companions" of childhood development the delusion is interpreted as a regression phenomenon.
authors.affiliation: Psychiatrische Klinik und Poliklinik rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fuchs
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Haupt
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003702:Delusions / Q000523:psychology*; D003704:Dementia / Q000523:psychology*; D003865:Major Depressive Disorder / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006212:Hallucinations / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D007092:Imagination; D009769:Object Attachment; D010343:Patient Admission; D012043:Regression, Psychology; D012934:Social Isolation
vernacular_title: "Schutzmächte" bei Altersparaphrenien.