Pathological jealousy and mental handicap.
Though widely reported in the general population, pathological jealousy has not previously been reported in an individual with a mental handicap. We describe the case of a 39-year-old man with a borderline mental handicap and an abnormal premorbid personality who demonstrates the condition.
Cooper
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Mental Illness Unit, Leicester General Hospital, England.
Collacott
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D000328:Adult; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D007360:Intelligence; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D009769:Object Attachment; D014705:Verbal Behavior; D014888:Wechsler Scales