Psychiatry and Clinical Psychopharmacology

Favorable Response to Low Dose of Quetiapine in a Woman with Cannabis Abuse and Erotomania

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Professor of Psychiatry, Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty, Department of Psychiatry, İstanbul-Turkey

Psychiatry and Clinical Psychopharmacology 2002; 12: 89-91
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Erotomania, or the "de Clarembault’s Syndrome" is an uncommon condition characterized by the presence of one or more nonbizarre delusion of being loved at a distance and the relative absence of associated psychopathology. Typically, patients are unaware of the psychiatric nature of the condition. Although the prevalence is low, delusional disorder is not rare. Generally these cases respond to antipsychotics, especially to pimozide. In this paper, a 42 year-old woman with erotomania and cannabis abuse who responded to low-dose of quetiapine (150 mgs per day) is reported.

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