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The sample (13 cases) was divided into dangerous and benign groups on the basis of serious antisocial behaviour directly related to erotomanic delusions. These cases were combined with all reports of erotomania in men (16 cases), found in the English language psychiatric literature, to allow for statistical analysis.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Two factors, multiple delusional objects (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &lt; 0.0005) and serious antisocial behaviour unrelated to the delusions (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &lt; 0.05), were found to be significantly associated with dangerousness. Using a combination of these two variables it was possible to predict dangerousness with an accuracy of 88.9% (weighted prediction accuracy or \u2018hit rate\u2019). 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