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Cognitive formulation for morbid jealousy (Othello syndrome)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 June 2014

Dinesh K Arya
Dinesh K Arya*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, A Floor, South Block, Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham, NG7 2UH, England
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Abstract

A patient suffering from psychotic morbid jealousy is reported and a formulation to understand the psychopathology cognitively is presented demonstrating that cognitive formulation can be utilized for understanding of psychotic morbid jealousy patients as well.

Keywords

CognitiveFormulationJealousyOthello
Type
Clinical & Brief Reports
Information
Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine , Volume 10 , Issue 3 , October 1993 , pp. 157 - 159
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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