monomania
Sign in to saveIn 19th-century psychiatry, monomania (from Greek , "one", and , meaning "madness" or "frenzy") was a form of partial insanity conceived as single psychological obsession in an otherwise sound mind.
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In 19th-century psychiatry, monomania (from Greek , "one", and , meaning "madness" or "frenzy") was a form of partial insanity conceived as single psychological obsession in an otherwise sound mind.
==Types== Monomania may refer to: Erotomania (also known as De Clérambault's syndrome): Delusion that a particular person is in love with the patient. This can occur without reinforcement or even acquaintanceship with the love object. Idée fixe: Domination by an overvalued idea, for example, "staying thin" in anorexia nervosa Kleptomania: Irresistible urge to steal Pyromania: Impulse to deliberately start fires Lypemania: Early elaboration later to become modern concept of depression Narcissism: Pursuit of gratification from one's own attributes Homicidal monomania: According to Étienne-Jean Georget, an abrupt "lesion of the will" capable of driving an otherwise sane person to murder
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