De Clérambault’s Syndrome: A Case Report

Year 2018, Volume: 6 Issue: 1, 36 - 39, 08.01.2018

Arş. Görv. Burak Okumuş

Abstract

Abstract

Erotomania is also called de Clérambault's syndrome, after the French psychiatristGaëtan 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.

Keywords

De Clérambault’s Syndrome, erotomania, clinical, treatment

Karşılıksız Aşk ‘de Clerambault Sendromu’: Bir olgu sunumu

Abstract

Öz

Erotomani, hakkında 1921'de geniş kapsamlı bir inceleme belgesi (Les Psychoses Passionelles) yayınlayan Fransız psikiyatrist Gaëtan Gatian de Clérambault'dan (1872-1934)sonra Clérambault sendromu olarak da adlandırıldı. De Clérambault sendromu; bireyinözgül bir şekilde başka birinin kendisine aşık olduğuna inandığı, ayrıntılı ve düzenli sanrıyla belirgin nadir görülen bir sendromdur. Sanrı genellikle cinsel bir çekicilikten çok manevi bir bağlanma ve romantik bir aşkla ilgilidir. Hastalar çoğunlukla orta sınıftan kadınlardır. Sözde sevgili genellikle; daha yaşlı, ekonomik ve sosyal açıdan daha yüksek sınıftan, evli ve hastaya uygun olmayan bir bireydir. Belirtilerin başlangıcı ani olabilir ve sıklıkla kişinin yaşamının temel odağı haline gelir. Hipokrat zamanından beri bilinmesine karşın, ilk kez De Clerambault tarafından tanımlanan bu bozukluğun nasıl başladığına, seyri, tedavisine ilişkin bilgiler sınırlıdır. Çalışmamızda; 52 yaşında, ilkokul mezunu, işsiz, dul ve hekimin kendisine aşık olduğuna ilişkin sanrı geliştiren bir kadın has-ta nedeniyle sendromun etiyoloji, klinik ve tedavi açısından tartışılması amaçlanmıştır.

Keywords

De Clerambault sendromu, erotomani, klinik, tedavi

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