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Erotomania

Erotomania, also known as de Clérambault's syndrome, is an uncommon paranoid condition that is characterized by an individual's delusions of another person being infatuated with them. It is listed in the DSM-5 as a subtype of a delusional disorder. Commonly, the onset of erotomania is sudden, and the course is chronic.

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Psychiatry
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False attraction

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related to Bibliography · 62
Erotomania → Agostinho, Alves, Anderson CA, Avelino, Berrios GE, Cabell, Camp, CNS Drugs, Cooke, CrimeFeed, CS1, De Clerambault's Syndrome, December, DSM-III-R, Epidemiology, Erotomania-A, European Psychiatric Association, Ferreira, Filley CM, From Kraepelin
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Erotomania → Anderson CA, Archived, Arlene, Associated Press, Behind, Camp, Clin Psychiatry, CS1, Curse, David, December, Delusion, Erotomanic, Filley CM, For Letterman Stalker, Frank Bruni, GE, Gediman, Hacker, Helen
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Erotomania → American TV, Animal Instinct, Blood, British TV, British-Austrian, Broken Mirror, Brokenwood Mysteries, Clérambault, Clérambault's, Criminal Minds, Death, Doc Martin, Fatal Attraction, He Loves Me Not, In Black Narcissus, Joe Goldberg, Law, Lewis, Lorna Morello, Love
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Erotomania → Bartholomy Pardoux, Bernard, Berrios, Clérambault, Clérambault's, Early, Emil Kraepelin, Erasistratus, French, Freud, Galen, Gaëtan Gatian, Hippocrates, In, Jacques Ferrand, Kendler, Kennedy, Maladie, Munro, Mélancolie
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Erotomania → American, British, Buckingham Palace, Clérambault, George, Hinckley, In, Jodie Foster, John Hinckley Jr, Parallels, Queen Elizabeth II, Ronald Reagan, She, St James Park, The, United States
related to Symptoms · 13
Erotomania → Clérambault's, Denial, God, In, Internet, Most, Patients, Primary, Problematic, Some, The, These, They
has treatment · 12
Erotomania → ECT, Family, For, In, Non-pharmacologic, Prognosis, Psychosocial, SSRIs, Structured, To, Tourette's, Treatment
related to Cause · 8
Erotomania → Alzheimer's, Sigmund Freud, Similarly, Some, Symptoms, The, There, With
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Erotomania → Chronic
Specialty · 1
Erotomania → Psychiatry

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ErotomaniaDurationChronic1.00infobox
ErotomaniaSpecialtyPsychiatry1.00infobox
ErotomaniaSymptomsFalse attraction1.00infobox
seeing license plates from specific regionsinstance ofas the erotomanic individual often perceives that they are being sent messages from the secret admirer through innocuous events0.80text
body postureinstance ofwherein the perceived admirer secretly communicates their love by subtle methods0.80text
arrangement of household objectsinstance ofwherein the perceived admirer secretly communicates their love by subtle methods0.80text
colorsinstance ofwherein the perceived admirer secretly communicates their love by subtle methods0.80text
numbersinstance ofwherein the perceived admirer secretly communicates their love by subtle methods0.80text
license plates on cars from specific statesinstance ofwherein the perceived admirer secretly communicates their love by subtle methods0.80text
other seemingly innocuous actsinstance ofwherein the perceived admirer secretly communicates their love by subtle methods0.80text
the conceptioninstance ofSome delusions may be extreme0.80text
birthinstance ofSome delusions may be extreme0.80text

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