Delusional Procreation Syndrome: Report from TURUVECARE Community Intervention Program
A 47-years-old never married male without any formal education presented with a diagnosis of undifferentiated schizophrenia (ICD-10) of 16 years duration. In his psychopathology, patient had a delusion that he had a wife by name “Lavanya”, married a year back against the wishes of his family in a temple called as Ram Mandir in the presence of some of his friends and villagers. He also reported that he used to work as a daily wage labourer before his marriage. After marriage, he and his wife started business of selling coconut which is running successfully with huge profits. He is planning to purchase jewelry for his wife from the profit of their business. With this, he believes that he will gain respect from his family and society. ‘Delusion of having spouse’ was present in him.