Folie à deux: a case report
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Children, folie à deux, induced delusional disorder, shared psychotic disorderAbstract
The “folie à deux” or induced delusional disorder or shared psychotic disorder is a rare disorder characterized by the presence of psychotic symptoms, delusions usually, in two or more persons, often members of a family with social isolation, and only one patient has a genuine psychotic disorder. Treatment planning usually requires the physical separation of patients. We present a case in which the primary inductor is a 17-years-old girl who suffers paranoid schizophrenia and induced secondary subject is her mother.
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