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Published June 21, 2023 | Version v1
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THE INCUBUS PHENOMENON IN SCHIZOPHRENIA

  • 1. Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, AarupadaiVeedu Medical College and Hospital, Vinayaka Missions Research Foundation (DU), Pondicherry.

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Incubus syndrome refers to the delusional thought of the patient as having been sexually approached by an unseen lover at night. It is considered as a secondary type of erotomania. It is rarely described in the literature and has few case reports. A review of the literature yielded six case reports describing 12 cases, most of which were described in Schizophrenia patients. Here we describe 3 patients with Schizophrenia who reported the Incubus phenomenon.

 

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