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JIMSA › Vol 35 No 4 · October–December 2022

Case Series · pages 367–369

Delusion of Love: A Case Series

Vedansh Nehra, Pratishtha Singh, Sadaf Aziz, Suprakash Chaudhury

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Vedansh Nehra, Pratishtha Singh, Sadaf Aziz, Suprakash Chaudhury. Delusion of Love: A Case Series. J Int Med Sci Acad. 2022;35(4):367–369.

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Delusion of Love is an uncommon paranoid condition that is characterized by an individual’s delusion of another person being infatuated with them. In this case series, we present 4 cases who presented with varying clinical presentations. The commonalit y in all the cases discussed was presence of belief that someone in particular was in love with them. There was an equal ratio of males and females. 3 out of 4 cases could be considered as cases of primary Erotomania. We concluded that the operative concept of Erotomania as a subtype of Persistent Delusional Disorder can be considered to be retained since cases described were fitting the classica l descriptions of the syndrome.

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Erotomania, Love, Delusion 1Junior Resident, 2 Professor & HOD, Department of Psychiatry, Dr. D. Y . Patil Medical College, Dr. D. Y . Patil Vidyapeeth, Pimpri

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