SOMATIC SEXUAL HALLUCINATIONS AND EROTOMANIC DELUSIONS IN A MENTALLY-HANDICAPPED WOMAN

A case of erotic delusion and concurrent somatic sexual hallucination is described in a 66-year-old mentally handicapped woman. The history, mental state and biological investigations convey the impression of e rotomania, or de Clerambault's syndrome. Treatment with Pimozide has r esulted in a remarkable improvement such that the patient has been sym ptom free for 8 months at the time of reporting. In the authors' opini on, the case lends support to the argument that erotomania exists as a mono-delusional disorder and is equivalent to the DSM-III-R classific ation of Paranoid Disorder, Erotomanic Type.