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Pathological jealousy and mental handicap
Author(s) -
COOPER S. A.,
COLLACOTT R. A.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
journal of intellectual disability research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.941
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1365-2788
pISSN - 0964-2633
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2788.1993.tb00588.x
Subject(s) - jealousy , pathological , psychology , personality , population , mental handicap , clinical psychology , personality disorders , developmental psychology , psychiatry , medicine , psychotherapist , social psychology , pathology , environmental health
Though widely reported in the general population, pathological jealousy has not previously been reported in an individual with a mental handicap. We describe the case of a 39‐year‐old man with a borderline mental handicap and an abnormal premorbid personality who demonstates the condition.