Erotomania describes a delusional belief that an individual is in love with a specific person despite clear evidence against it. The subject of the person’s delusion of love is often a celebrity ...

Erotomania lives under the umbrella of delusional disorders, says licensed clinical psychologist Janelle Peifer, PhD."Erotomania is a diagnosis where an individual believes that another person ...

Erotomania is when you think someone is in love with you but they’re not. It may be a person you’ve never met. They might even be famous, like a politician or an actor.

Erotomania has been documented at least as far back as the ancient Greeks, with Hippocrates and Galen describing the phenomenon several thousand years ago. In 1921, ...

Erotomania is rare, with a lifetime prevalence of 0.2 percent, says Gauri Khurana, MD, MPH, a psychiatrist in New York City and a clinical instructor at Yale University School of Medicine.

A psychiatrist explains erotomania, a delusional disorder where someone believes a stranger, often a famous person, is in love with them. In this week’s main episode, we talked to actress ...

Most of the time, erotomania does not end in violence. “For 95 percent, it’s all in their minds,” Meloy says. Of the few who do turn violent, most are men.

Erotomania is a rare delusional syndrome and, according to the Journal of the National Medical Association, it involves people who believe somebody with a higher social, ...

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Love has always inspired the most beautiful works of art, the most passionate poems, and the most heartbreaking songs. But when love becomes a delusional certainty, an unshakable conviction that the ...

Erotomania is often brought to light when a person engages in disruptive or even criminal acts, such as repeated emailing, persistent telephoning, or other forms of harassment.