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Erotomania is a delusional disorder in which the victim believes that someone, usually of a higher social status, is in love with him or her. Erotomaniacs usually believe that the object of this delusion somehow initiated the relationship, and that they also "secretly" communicate their love for the victim using hidden signals through body posture, arrangement of objects, etc. As an example, the object may vehemently deny having any relationship with the victim. But because the object cast certain glances or behaved in a certain manner, the erotomaniac views this as unmistakable proof that the object is in love with him or her.
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∙ 13y agoIndividuals with erotomanic delusional disorder believe that another person, often a stranger, is in love with them. The object of their affection is typically of a higher social status, sometimes a celebrity.
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What is the name of the mental illness where you believe you are in a relationship with someone famous?
Erotomania or Erotomanic type of Delusional Disorder
How successful is treatment for delusional disorder?
Delusional disorder is typically a chronic condition, but with appropriate treatment, a remission of delusional symptoms occurs in up to 50% of patients
What is delusional thinking?
Delusional disorder ( delusional thinking) is characterized by the presence of recurrent, persistent non-bizarre delusions.
What is ODHD?
Obsessive Delusional Heterodoxy Disorder
Are there any famous people who suffer from delusional disorder?
Yes
Symptoms of Paranoid Schophrenia?
Paranoid schizophrenia is when there is a presence of a delusion, a false belief, and possibly a hallucination that fuels that delusion. Types of delusion include delusional jealousy, erotomanic delusion, persecutory delusion, grandiose, and somatic delusion.
What do Paranoid perceptions and behavior show up in?
Paranoid schizophrenia, delusional disorder (persecutory type), and paranoid personality disorder (PPD).
About the prognosis of delusional disorder in middle age?
This is a modern concept and doesn't apply to this time in history.
What disease includes delusions?
In mental disorders, Brief Psychotic Disorder, Schizoaffective Disorder, Schizophreniform Disorder, Schizophrenia, and Delusional Disorder can cause delusions. In some cases, severe mania or depression can cause delusions.
Who has persecutory delusions?
Individuals with paranoid schizophrenia and persecutory delusional disorder experience what is known as persecutory delusions
What are the two major categories of psychosis?
Delusions and hallucinations. Other disorders that are similar are Schizophrenia and Delusional Disorder
How might one distinguish between delusional disorder and schizophrenia?
Delusional disorder is characterized by a tanaciously held belief with no accompanying hallucinations. This is the single distinction as some sub-types of schizophrenia are very symptomatically similar to delusional disorder. The delusion can be erotic, jealous, grandiose, persecutory, or somatic and attempts to question it are met confrontationally.
