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The Treatment of Monodelusional Psychosis Associated with Depression

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Simon Chiu ,
Allan H. McFarlane  and
Nancy Dobson
Simon Chiu
Affiliation:
McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8N 3Z5
Allan H. McFarlane*
Affiliation:
McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8N 3Z5
Nancy Dobson
Affiliation:
Inpatient Psychiatry Unit, Chedoke-McMaster Hospitals, McMaster Division, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8N 3Z5
*
*Correspondence
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Abstract

This is a report of the treatment of four patients suffering from a syndrome consisting of a single delusion in association with depression. The tendency of monodelusional syndromes to respond to a pimozide provides a rationale for nosological organisation.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 156 , Issue 1 , January 1990 , pp. 112 - 115
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Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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