De Clérambault’s Syndrome: A Case Report

Abstract Erotomania is also called de Clérambault's syndrome, after the French psychiatristGa？tan Gatian de Clérambault (1872–1934), who published a comprehensive review paper on the subject (Les Psychoses Passionelles) in 1921. De Clérambault’s Syndromeis a syndrome whose hallmark is an elaborate, rare, systematized delusion; specifically,the patient becomes convinced that she or he is passionately loved by another person.In general, the delusion is associated with romantic love rather than sexual attraction.The patients are usually women from modest backgrounds, while the percevied loversare generally older men of distinctly higher social and financial status who are almostinevitably married and unavailable. The onset of the symptoms can be sudden and often becomes the central focus of the affected person’s life. Although it has not been knownsince the time of Hippocrates, information on the course, treatment, and treatment of how this disorder was first described by de Clerambault is limited. This paper discusses aetiological, clinical and treatment aspects of the syndrome with reference to a typical casewho is 52 [year]s, widowed, unemployed, graduated from primary school and has a delusion that she was loved by a physician