TY - GEN
ID - cogprints5095
UR - http://cogprints.org/5095/
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
KW - clomiphene
KW - psychosis
KW - delusion
ER -