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Pimozide in Pathological Jealousy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Alan Byrne  and
Lakshmi N. Yatham
Alan Byrne*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychological Medicine, James Connolly Memorial Hospital, Dublin 15, Ireland
Lakshmi N. Yatham
Affiliation:
Department of Psychological Medicine, James Connolly Memorial Hospital, Dublin 15, Ireland
*
∗Alberta Hospital Ponoka, Box 1000, Ponoka, Alberta, Canada TOC 2HO
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Abstract

A 39-year-old man had his pathological jealousy successfully treated with pimozide. It is suggested that pimozide might be considered the drug of choice in all the monodelusional disorders.

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Brief Reports
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 155 , Issue 2 , August 1989 , pp. 249 - 251
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1989 

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