TY  - GEN
ID  - cogprints4710
UR  - http://cogprints.org/4710/
A1  - Grimm, Dr. Oliver
A1  - Hubrich, Dr. Petra
TI  - Delusional Belief induced by clomiphene treatment
Y1  - 2006/01//
N2  - We report the case of a 35 year old women who developed a complex paranoid delusion during the course of clomiphene treatment für ovulation. The psychopathology was remarkable, because after a short hypomanic period the patient was without severe cognitive disturbance but struggled with a complex monothematic delusion. The delusion vanished in the course of a combination treatment with olanzapine a cognitive behavioral therapy. We could not entirely rule out the possibility of an endogenous psychiatric disease but nevertheless we encountered an unusual monothematic delusion which showed a strong temporal correlation with the intake of clomiphene. We provide some speculation about underlying neurobiological mechanisms on the basis of the dopamine theory of delusion.
AV  - public
KW  - estrogene clomiphene psychosis delusion 
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