Open AccessDelusion of polygamy in proxy: An addition in delusional procreation syndrome
Author(s) -
Narayana Manjunatha,
K Shanivaram Reddy,
Nandini Devi,
Vikram Singh Rawat,
Somashekhar Bijjal,
C. Naveen Kumar,
Jagadisha Thirthalli,
Bangalore N. Gangadhar
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
indian journal of psychiatry/indian journal of psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.485
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1998-3794
pISSN - 0019-5545
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5545.86822
Subject(s) - delusion , proxy (statistics) , psychology , wife , psychiatry , psychoanalysis , law , political science , computer science , machine learning
The content of a delusion is of special interest to mental health professional and is still expanding. The concept of delusional procreation syndrome (DPS), containing delusions in all possible sequential steps in procreation, has been recently proposed. The authors report the case of a married woman harboring a delusion that her husband has been having 10 wives (ie, married once every year in last 10 years) and, as an extension to that, of having two children from each wife. The authors name this as "delusion of polygamy in proxy," and describe it as another dimension of DPS.