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Erotomania, also known as de Clérambault's syndrome, [1] is a relatively uncommon paranoid condition that is characterized by an individual's delusions of another person being infatuated with them. [2] It is listed in the DSM-5 as a subtype of a delusional disorder. [3] Commonly, the onset of erotomania is sudden, and the course is chronic. [4]
Erotomania – sexual desire or sexual attraction from strangers (delusional conviction) (eroto- (Greek) meaning sexual passion or desire) Etheromania – addiction to diethyl ether (ethero- (Greek > Latin) meaning upper air or sky) Eleutheromania – an intense and irresistible desire for freedom
de Clérambault's syndrome; (also called erotomania) a condition in which a person becomes deluded that a certain person of higher social status is in love with them. [8] It was described by Clérambault in a treatise titled " Les psychoses passionelles " (1921).
Adèle's obsession was a manifestation of erotomania. Along with her other symptoms of mental illness, including hallucinations, Adèle's condition indicates schizophrenia . The illness appeared in other members of the Hugo family; Victor Hugo's brother Eugène also had schizophrenia.
Monomania may refer to: Erotomania (also known as De Clerambault's syndrome): Delusion that a particular man or woman is in love with the patient. This can occur without reinforcement or even acquaintanceship with the love object.
Consistent with there not being any consensus over what causes hypersexuality, [15] authors have used many different labels to refer to it, sometimes interchangeably, but often depending on which theory they favor or which specific behavior they have studied or have done research on; related or obsolete terms include compulsive masturbation ...
Related or synonymous models of pathological sexual behavior include hypersexuality (nymphomania and satyriasis), erotomania, Don Juanism, and paraphilia-related disorders. [ 16 ] [ 17 ] [ 18 ] The ICD-11 created a new condition classification, compulsive sexual behavior disorder , to cover "a persistent pattern of failure to control intense ...
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