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Erotomania in the elderly
Author(s) -
Chlu Helen F. K.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
international journal of geriatric psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.28
H-Index - 129
eISSN - 1099-1166
pISSN - 0885-6230
DOI - 10.1002/gps.930090812
Subject(s) - delusion , psychology , psychiatry , psychoanalysis , medicine
The case notes of 349 Chinese patients of a psychogeriatric unit in Hong Kong were studied retrospectively and only one case of DSM‐111‐R erotomania was diagnosed. This was a 76‐year‐old widow with a delusion that a male cotenant in the old age home was in love with her. She improved after treatment with neuroleptics and the delusions subsided in 3 months. This case shows that the course of erotomania is not necessarily a chronic one and that culture may influence the expression of the disorder.