Erotomania and Senile Dementia of Alzheimer Type
- 1 September 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal College of Psychiatrists in The British Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 151 (3) , 400-402
- https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.151.3.400
Abstract
A case of erotomania in a 75-year-old female with senile dementia of Alzheimer type (SDAT) is described. This case demonstrates the presence of an elaborately systematised delusion in SDAT, and the influence of the progression of SDAT on this delusion.This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
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