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

Citation
Be. Mcguire et al., SOMATIC SEXUAL HALLUCINATIONS AND EROTOMANIC DELUSIONS IN A MENTALLY-HANDICAPPED WOMAN, JIDR. Journal of intellectual disability research, 38, 1994, pp. 79-83
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Education, Special",Rehabilitation,Neurosciences,"Genetics & Heredity",Psychiatry
ISSN journal
09642633
Volume
38
Year of publication
1994
Part
1
Pages
79 - 83
Database
ISI
SICI code
0964-2633(1994)38:<79:SSHAED>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
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.