Pursuit of the perfect mother: an unusual case of stalking.
OBJECTIVE
To highlight issues of adoption and twinship in an unusual case of stalking.


METHODS
An ususual case of same gender, serial stalking which began at an early age in a young woman who was one of a set of twins adopted at birth.


METHODS
Insight orientated psychotherapy.


RESULTS
Beneficial outcome in context of clear boundaries, therapist selection and emphasis upon legal consequences of behaviour.


CONCLUSIONS
Early disruptions to attachments including adoption and twinship may have relevance in some patterns of adult stalking behaviour.
Samuels
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Hornsby Ku-Ring-Gai Hospital, New South Wales, Australia. asamuels@med.usyd.edu.au
Allnutt
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Tan
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D000184:Acting Out; D000300:Adoption / Q000523:psychology*; D000328:Adult; D004200:Diseases in Twins; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008426:Maternal Deprivation; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D014429:Twins, Dizygotic / Q000523:psychology