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Erotomanic delusions and electroconvulsive therapy: a case series
1Clinical Investigation Unit, Clarke Institute of Psychiatry, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry
|July 1, 1994
Summary
Erotomanic delusions, often linked to affective disorders, may resolve with electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) when other treatments fail. This study highlights ECT
Area of Science:
- Psychiatry
- Neurology
Background:
- Erotomania is classified under delusional disorder but frequently co-occurs with other psychiatric conditions.
- Patients with erotomanic delusions often have an underlying affective disorder.
- Treating the underlying disorder can resolve erotomanic delusions.