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Monosymptomatic Hypochondriacal Psychosis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 October 2018

Alistair Munro
Alistair Munro*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Dalhousie University, Camp Hill Hospital, 1763 Robie Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 3G2
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DSM-IIIR (American Psychiatric Association, 1987) has revised the Kraepelinian concept of paranoia, but has given it the name of delusional (paranoid) disorder. The description is of an encapsulated, monodelusional disorder with several subtypes as follows: Erotomanic, Grandiose, Jealous, Persecutory, Somatic, Unspecified.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 153 , Issue S2: The Psychopathology of Body Image , 1988 , pp. 37 - 40
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Copyright © 1988 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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