Delusional Disorder: An Unusual Presentation

Delusions with a sexual theme are rare, but when present are usually seen in patients with schizophrenia or other chronic psychotic disorders. We report a case of delusional disorder, with a single belief of a sexual theme. This report focuses on the management issues, wherein a combination of pharm...

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Autores principales: Noel, Joseph, Krishnadas, Ranjit, Gopalakrishnan, Rajesh, Kuruvilla, Anju
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4201803/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25336783
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0253-7176.140757
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description Delusions with a sexual theme are rare, but when present are usually seen in patients with schizophrenia or other chronic psychotic disorders. We report a case of delusional disorder, with a single belief of a sexual theme. This report focuses on the management issues, wherein a combination of pharmacological and nonpharmacological interventions proved helpful.
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spelling pubmed-42018032014-10-21 Delusional Disorder: An Unusual Presentation Noel, Joseph Krishnadas, Ranjit Gopalakrishnan, Rajesh Kuruvilla, Anju Indian J Psychol Med Case Report Delusions with a sexual theme are rare, but when present are usually seen in patients with schizophrenia or other chronic psychotic disorders. We report a case of delusional disorder, with a single belief of a sexual theme. This report focuses on the management issues, wherein a combination of pharmacological and nonpharmacological interventions proved helpful. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC4201803/ /pubmed/25336783 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0253-7176.140757 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4201803/
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