title: Delusion and desire: erotomania revisited.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This paper examines the phenomonology in a case of erotomania and reviews classical and contemporary treatment options.
  
  
  METHODS
  A case of primary erotomania is described.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Treatment with hospitalization and risperidone produced rapid clinical improvement.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Atypical antipsychotic drugs may be useful in the treatment of this interesting syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Jonathan Swift Clinic, St James's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
authors.forename: B D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Kelly
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kennedy
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Shanley
mesh_terms: D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D018967:Risperidone / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012563:Schizophrenia, Paranoid / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology; D012735:Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D014150:Antipsychotic Agents; D018967:Risperidone