Folie à deux

Translated title of the contribution: Folie à deux

    Abstract

    Folie à deux or induced psychotic disorder is a rare psychiatric illness. The essential feature is a psychotic disorder shared by two emotionally close persons, usually close relatives. The disorder is characterized by a primary psychotic person who gradually imposes her delusional beliefs on the other person. The disorder usually resolves in the more passive person when the two are separated (e.g. by admittance of the primary psychotic person). This case report describes a shared delusional belief between two friends.
    Udgivelsesdato: 2009-Dec
    Translated title of the contributionFolie à deux
    Original languageDanish
    JournalUgeskrift for læger
    Volume171
    Issue number51
    Pages (from-to)3770-1
    Number of pages1
    ISSN0041-5782
    Publication statusPublished - 2009

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