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The frequency of shared delusions in delusions of infestation

European Archives of Psychiatry and Neurological Sciences, 1990
The phenomenon of shared delusions was found in 9 (8.4%) of 107 personally investigated patients suffering from delusions of infestation (88 females, 19 males). A greater number of females (ratio of females to males 3.5:1) "induced" others, whereas a gender ratio of 1:1 was evident in the group of affected patients.
M, Musalek, E, Kutzer
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Profitably shared delusions

Journal of Business Strategy, 2010
PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to review the importance of mass shared beliefs in shaping economies, markets, nations, and business strategies.Design/methodology/approachThe paper takes the form of an opinion column.FindingsThe paper reveals that it is important to factor in the malleability of mass psychology, and its changeability, when making ...
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The Psychotic Couple--Sharing Drugs or Delusions?

Journal of the South Carolina Medical Association (1975), 2016
Mephedrone and methylenedioxypyrovalerone (MDPV) are common compounds found in "Bath Salts," a recreational drug which has skyrocketed in popularity, resulting in increasing annual emergency room visits across the country. As users are often young and without previous psychiatric history it is often difficult to discern if symptoms are substance ...
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Trapped in Delusions: Democracy, Fairness and the One-Share-One-Vote Rule in the European Union

European Business Organization Law Review, 2007
The European Commission’s proposal to establish shareholder democracy and mandate the one-share-one-vote (1S1V.) rule has drawn much attention and controversy. In the pursuit of a popular appeal for the rule, European Commission policymakers have tried to turn equiproportional representation into something close to an aphorism tied to corporate ...
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Folie à deux: double case-report of shared delusions with a fatal outcome.

La Clinica terapeutica, 2011
Treatment of shared delusional disorder (folie à deux) often involves separation and use of antipsychotic medication, with uncertain outcomes and potential risks.We report on two highly interdependent and chronically psychotic sisters with shared systematic delusion, followed by psychiatrists over several years.The dominant patient was diagnosed with ...
A, Talamo, A, Vento, V, Savoja, D, Di Cosimo, S, Lazanio, G D, Kotzalidis, G, Manfredi, N, Girardi, R, Tatarelli   +8 more
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Shared Delusion in Mother and Son

Annals of Emergency Medicine, 2001
P L, Gant, E S, Brown
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[Folie à famille: a Surinamese-Hindustani family with a shared paranoid delusion and severe undernourishment].

Tijdschrift voor psychiatrie, 2013
Folie à famille is a rare psychiatric condition in which several family members develop similar psychotic symptoms. We describe the case of a family of four with a shared paranoid delusion, who all obtained complete remission after being treated with antipsychotics on different psychiatric wards.
A S, van Amerongen, E E J H, Verheijden, N M, van Gent, N, Moaddine, R F P, de Winter, J D, Blom   +5 more
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Shared delusions of doubles

Neurocase, 1998
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The shared ideation of the paranoic delusion. Implications of empathy, theory of mind and language

2012
In many ways, schizophrenia and paranoia are the extremes of the experience of madness. The first develops (often abruptly) at a relatively young age: the subject suffers delirious confusion, bizarre dissociative and cognitive impairment, as a result of the disease.
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Possession and Exorcism: Delusion Shared and Compounded

Journal of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis, 1975
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