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Delusional jealousy in Chinese elderly psychiatric patients. 1995

H F Chiu

Department of Psychiatry, Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Studies on the delusion of jealousy are scanty, especially in the elderly population. This study is a retrospective case note study investigating the prevalence of delusions of jealousy in an elderly psychiatric population in Hong Kong. A total of 349 patients were surveyed and five had delusions of jealousy. This gives an overall prevalence of 1.4%, which shows that delusions of jealousy in the elderly are more common than one would expect. There is a predominance among female patients, and the most common psychiatric diagnosis of these patients is delusional disorder.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007578	Jealousy	An irrational reaction compounded of grief, loss of self-esteem, enmity against the rival and and self-criticism.	Envy
D008297	Male		Males
D003702	Delusions	A false belief regarding the self or persons or objects outside the self that persists despite the facts, and is not considered tenable by one's associates.	Delusion
D005260	Female		Females
D006723	Hong Kong	The former British crown colony located off the southeast coast of China, comprised of Hong Kong Island, Kowloon Peninsula, and New Territories. The three sites were ceded to the British by the Chinese respectively in 1841, 1860, and 1898. Hong Kong reverted to China in July 1997. The name represents the Cantonese pronunciation of the Chinese xianggang, fragrant port, from xiang, perfume and gang, port or harbor, with reference to its currents sweetened by fresh water from a river west of it.	Kowloon,New Territories,Hongkong
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000368	Aged	A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available.	Elderly
D000369	Aged, 80 and over	Persons 80 years of age and older.	Oldest Old
D001523	Mental Disorders	Psychiatric illness or diseases manifested by breakdowns in the adaptational process expressed primarily as abnormalities of thought, feeling, and behavior producing either distress or impairment of function.	Mental Illness,Psychiatric Diseases,Psychiatric Disorders,Psychiatric Illness,Behavior Disorders,Diagnosis, Psychiatric,Mental Disorders, Severe,Psychiatric Diagnosis,Illness, Mental,Mental Disorder,Mental Disorder, Severe,Mental Illnesses,Psychiatric Disease,Psychiatric Disorder,Psychiatric Illnesses,Severe Mental Disorder,Severe Mental Disorders