Improvement of schizophrenia with electroconvulsive therapy and serum brain‐derived neurotrophic factor levels: Lack of association in a pilot study
Abstract
WE ENCOUNTERED A patient with Williams syndrome who exhibited glove fetishism and committed recurrent theft of gloves. Williams syndrome is a congenital disorder characterized by mental retardation, congenital cardiovascular anomalies, and unique facial features (‘elfin face’). The cause of this syndrome is a micro-deletion of chromosome 7 (7q 11.23). The literature contains no previous reports of fetishism occurring in Williams syndrome. The patient was a 22-year-old man. Both the patient and his mother gave verbal informed consent to participate in this case report. His mother raised him independently from the age of 1 year, after her divorce. He began to exhibit developmental delay around the age of 1 year. At the age of 3, he was diagnosed with Williams syndrome by a pediatrician. As a child, he also displayed excessive friendliness and hyperactivity. Impulsivity and inattention were not prominent. The mother was very busy because of financial constraints and the family did not have regular opportunities to consult health professionals. At around 5 years of age, the patient saw a heroine on a children’s television program; she was wearing white gloves while fighting enemies. From this point, he was keen to collect gloves and photographs of gloves. At age 18, he watched a pornographic video in which a woman wearing gloves masturbated men to ejaculation. He started to visit prostitutes and requested that they wear gloves while stimulating him to ejaculation. At the age of…
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