Clerabault Syndrome - Symptom, Treatment and cause of Clerabault Syndrome
DESCRIPTION: Fixed single minded psychiatric delusion (monomania).
CAUSE: Inadequate dependent personality, often after period of real dependency on a person (eg. doctor during pregnancy and labour).
SYMPTOMS: Fixed delusional conviction that another is in love with them despite minimal contact. Majority of patients are female and may persecute or stalk the victim, who is often a doctor.
NVESTIGATIONS: No diagnostic test. Diagnosed by psychiatric assessment.
TREATMENT: Psychoanalysis, and drugs such as phenothiazines and clomipramine.
COMPLICATIONS: Legal action may need to be taken to stop stalking. Object of affection is sometimes attacked and harmed if advances are rejected.
PROGNOSIS: Poor prognosis. Treatment extremely difficult and often unsuccessful. Certification occasionally necessary
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