obsessional jealousy
Obsessional jealousy is jealousy that is characterized by intrusive and excessive thoughts, and may be accompanied by compulsive checking of the partner.{{cite journal | title=Aspects of morbid jealousy | author=Michael Kingham and Harvey Gordon | journal=Advances in Psychiatric Treatment | year=2004 | volume=10 | issue=3 | pages=207–221 | doi=10.1192/apt.10.3.207| doi-access=free }} It is not classified as a mental disorder in the psychiatric manuals DSM or ICD, but it is mentioned as an example of how obsessive compulsive disorder can present itself.{{Cite book
| last=American Psychiatric Association
| year=2013
| title=Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
| edition=Fifth
| publisher=American Psychiatric Publishing
| location=Arlington, VA
| pages=[https://archive.org/details/diagnosticstatis0005unse/page/263 263]
| isbn=978-0-89042-555-8
| url=https://archive.org/details/diagnosticstatis0005unse/page/263
}}
Presentation
Its characteristics are:[http://www.priory.com/psychiatry/Morbid_Jealousy.htm Obsessional Jealousy – Morbid Jealousy]
- Little resistance and distress associated with obsessional thoughts
- Anger specifically directed at partner
- Jealousy evident only in a committed relationship
- Frequently monosymptomatic
- Frequently responds at lower doses of SSRI
- Rapid response in comparison with classical OCD