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Two Cases of Erotomania (de Clérambault's Syndrome) in Bipolar Affective Disorder

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Stephen F. Signer  and
Richard P. Swinson
Stephen F. Signer*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Ottawa
Richard P. Swinson
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto
*
Royal Ottawa Hospital, 1145 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada KIZ 7K4
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Abstract

Two female patients with longstanding bipolar affective disorder demonstrated de Clérambault's paradigm of erotomania during the euthymic phase of their illness. Although a diagnosis of schizophrenia or paranoid disorder is often given, a review of the literature shows that many cases have features of a major affective disorder, probably bipolar affective disorder and its spectrum.

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Brief Reports
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 151 , Issue 6 , December 1987 , pp. 853 - 855
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1987 

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