PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Jaffé, Philip D.
AU  - DiCataldo, Frank
TI  - Clinical Vampirism: Blending Myth and Reality
DP  - 1994 Dec 01
TA  - Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online
PG  - 533--544
VI  - 22
IP  - 4
4099  - http://jaapl.org/content/22/4/533.short
4100  - http://jaapl.org/content/22/4/533.full
SO  - J Am Acad Psychiatry Law1994 Dec 01; 22
AB  - Vampires arouse strong popular interest and attract large print and film audiences. Their influence is also notable in clinical vampirism, a rare condition described in the forensic literature covering some of humanity’s most shocking behaviors. Definitions of vampirism involve aspects of necrophilia, sadism, cannibalism, and a fascination with blood. Its relationships with established diagnostic categories, particularly schizophrenia and psychopathy, are also examined and illustrated by the presentation of a “modern” vampire. As myth and reality are disentangled, clinical vampirism reveals the complex mother-child dyad’s blood ties running amok.