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Homosexual Erotomania and HIV Infection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Neil Boast  and
W. Jeremy Coid
Neil Boast
Affiliation:
Interim Secure Unit, Hackney Hospital, London
W. Jeremy Coid*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychological Medicine, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London EC1
*
∗Correspondence
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Abstract

A case of homosexual erotomania is described in a patient with AIDS-related complex. Direct involvement of the central nervous system was thought an unlikely cause, as specific stressors appeared to have precipitated a reactive psychosis. A psychodynamic understanding of these factors and their interaction with the patient's masochism, fetishism, and personality disorder provided an alternative explanation for the onset of the paranoid illness and its symptom content. The psychodynamic aspects of acute psychotic disorders without evidence of cognitive impairment in patients with HIV infection is a neglected area of study.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 164 , Issue 6 , June 1994 , pp. 842 - 846
Copyright
Copyright © 1994 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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