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Delusion of love

MedGen UID:
1050072
Concept ID:
CN375792
Finding
Synonyms: De Clérambault syndrome; Erotomania; Psychose passionelle
 
HPO: HP:5200420

Definition

A delusion (a fixed false belief held despite evidence to the contrary) of being loved by another person, even though there is no evidence of this, and the person in question denies it. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVDelusion of love

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Kennedy N, McDonough M, Kelly B, Berrios GE
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Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Stravogiannis ALDC, Kim HS, Sophia EC, Sanches C, Zilberman ML, Tavares H
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Med Humanit 2018 Mar;44(1):15-19. Epub 2017 Jul 8 doi: 10.1136/medhum-2017-011198. PMID: 28689196
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Rudden M, Sweeney J, Frances A
Am J Psychiatry 1990 May;147(5):625-8. doi: 10.1176/ajp.147.5.625. PMID: 2327490

Diagnosis

Restrepo-Martínez M, Ramirez-Bermudez J, So I, Coleman K, Finger E
Neurocase 2023 Apr;29(2):37-45. Epub 2024 Apr 27 doi: 10.1080/13554794.2024.2345110. PMID: 38678305
Sampogna G, Zinno F, Giallonardo V, Luciano M, Del Vecchio V, Fiorillo A
Int Rev Psychiatry 2020 Aug-Sep;32(5-6):385-390. Epub 2020 Apr 14 doi: 10.1080/09540261.2020.1744536. PMID: 32286086
Mullen PE, Pathé M
Aust N Z J Psychiatry 1994 Sep;28(3):469-77. doi: 10.3109/00048679409075876. PMID: 7893243
Seeman MV
Arch Gen Psychiatry 1978 Oct;35(10):1265-7. doi: 10.1001/archpsyc.1978.01770340115013. PMID: 697541
Raskin DE, Sullivan KE
Am J Psychiatry 1974 Sep;131(9):1033-5. doi: 10.1176/ajp.131.9.1033. PMID: 4413272

Therapy

Zubair UB, Mansoor S
J Coll Physicians Surg Pak 2019 Jun;29(6):S56-S58. doi: 10.29271/jcpsp.2019.06.S56. PMID: 31142424
Adamou M, Hale AS
Acta Psychiatr Scand 2003 Apr;107(4):314-7. doi: 10.1034/j.1600-0447.2003.00055_1.x. PMID: 12662255
Kennedy N, McDonough M, Kelly B, Berrios GE
Compr Psychiatry 2002 Jan-Feb;43(1):1-6. doi: 10.1053/comp.2002.29856. PMID: 11788912
Gillett T, Eminson SR, Hassanyeh F
Acta Psychiatr Scand 1990 Jul;82(1):65-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1990.tb01357.x. PMID: 2399821
Rosenstock HA, Vincent KR
J Clin Psychiatry 1978 Jul;39(7):629-30. PMID: 681293

Prognosis

Sampogna G, Zinno F, Giallonardo V, Luciano M, Del Vecchio V, Fiorillo A
Int Rev Psychiatry 2020 Aug-Sep;32(5-6):385-390. Epub 2020 Apr 14 doi: 10.1080/09540261.2020.1744536. PMID: 32286086
Barratt BB
Psychoanal Rev 2015 Jun;102(3):347-64. doi: 10.1521/prev.2015.102.3.347. PMID: 26080094
Cipriani G, Logi C, Di Fiorino A
Geriatr Gerontol Int 2012 Jul;12(3):383-7. Epub 2012 Apr 25 doi: 10.1111/j.1447-0594.2012.00850.x. PMID: 22530738
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J Natl Med Assoc 2006 May;98(5):787-93. PMID: 16749657Free PMC Article
Rudden M, Sweeney J, Frances A
Am J Psychiatry 1990 May;147(5):625-8. doi: 10.1176/ajp.147.5.625. PMID: 2327490

Clinical prediction guides

Zubair UB, Mansoor S
J Coll Physicians Surg Pak 2019 Jun;29(6):S56-S58. doi: 10.29271/jcpsp.2019.06.S56. PMID: 31142424
Fischer CE, Ting WK, Millikin CP, Ismail Z, Schweizer TA; Alzheimer Disease Neuroimaging Initiative
Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 2016 Jan;31(1):76-82. Epub 2015 Mar 27 doi: 10.1002/gps.4291. PMID: 25821062Free PMC Article
Suárez-Richards M, Fournes O
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Musalek M, Berner P, Katschnig H
Psychopathology 1989;22(5):260-7. doi: 10.1159/000284606. PMID: 2602524

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