Talk:Clinical vampirism

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This article was nominated for deletion on 18 December 2007. The result of the discussion was keep and move to clinical vampirism.

[edit] Not another one

I know people are supposed to be bold and all, but do we need yet another article on this? We already have Vampire lifestyle, Sanguinarians etc. This seems more like a footnote in another article instead of a full fledged one. DreamGuy 01:36, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

The Renfield Syndrome is a psychological condition. Sanguinarians believe that their condition is physical and therefore it does not apply. This article needs improvement but it does not need to be merged; this article deals with a psychological problem, Vampire lifestyle deals with a form of Goth subculture.--– sampi (talk•contrib) 06:12, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

Everyone with renfield's thinks their condition is physical that is one of the characteristics of the illness. Vampire lifestyle Sanguinarians and this article should all be merged into a proper dissertation on this special mental illness.194.83.157.10 12:00, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

See my comments on the other aticle. NeoFreak 17:52, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Validity

Are there any valid sources which cite this "Reinfeld's Syndrome" as an actual condition? It is not mentioned in any psychological texts, and any Internet search yields only results posted by sanguinarian enthusiasts.

There are two main classification indexes for psychiatric disorders that are currently in international use (The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th edition) by the American Psychiatric Association and The ICD-10 by the World Health Organisation). Neither of these texts include a "Renfield's Syndrome" as a diagnosable condition. My suggestion is that if Renfield's syndrome can be verified as an actual condition that has been identified and named by one or more practitioners (albeit not included in generally acepted disease taxonomies), it be inlcuded under the category of "Psychosis" for wikipedia purposes. Kempie 22:20, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wrong Definition

I recall this term when it first surfaced many years ago, and it was applied to a disorder in which a person had a compulsion to eat blood, insects, OR OTHER NON-FOOD ITEMS, such as batteries, pins, paper, etc.... Obviously this is a far cry from the definition that appears on this site at the moment. Not only does this article NOT need to be merged with the Sanguinarian article, it needs to be extensively overhauled and referenced, because it was not originally strongly associated with vampirism, and was not synonymous with anything termed 'clinical vampirism' WingedWolfPsion 8:14, 1 November 2006

That's pica disorder.