Delusional Procreation Syndrome: Report from TURUVECARE Community Intervention Program
A 40-year-old never married male, studied till class VII, presented with diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia (International Classification of Diseases (ICD)-10) of 2 years duration. In his psychopathology, he had a delusion that he has a 10-year-old royal looking son by name ‘Vikramanka’. He also falsely believes that Vikramanka is a topper in his class and is studying in a government run school; he is living in his friend's house. Patient has not revealed any further information about his wife. The dominant psychopathology in this patient was ‘delusion of paternity’ (father of a son).