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Erotomania: A Rare Psychiatric Condition- A Case Series [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2022 Erotomania is a rare psychiatric condition which is characterised by the delusion that a person who is of a higher social status is in love with them. Three cases of secondary erotomania have been discussed which includes a 26-year-old female patient who
Amritha Chandrasekaran Sashikar +2 more
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Delusions of a Magic Man Shared by Codependent Twin Sisters
Case Reports in Psychiatry, 2022 Folie à deux has been called double insanity or shared psychotic disorder. In this report, we describe the case of twin sisters who presented with identical delusions. Both sisters reported a “magic man” lived in their bodies and made them weak. Both underwent treatment with similar medications: the primary case with risperidone and the secondary case ...
Anam Shaikh, Randy Lai
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Shared delusions of doubles. [PDF]
Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, 1995 This is the first report of two partners in a folie à deux situation manifesting identical Capgras delusions. It is postulated that the Capgras syndrome developed as a result of interaction between a dominant patient with primarily paranoid psychopathology and a submissive one with primarily organic dysfunction.
CHRISTODOULOU, GN +3 more
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Follie a deux: Psychopathology in a pandemic
European Psychiatry, 2021 Introduction Follie a deux is a rare syndrome characterized by the transference of delusions from a primary subject to a secondary one. This rare condition, and frequently forgotten in psychiatry pratice, is more frequent in feedlots, particularly in ...
I. Soares Da Costa +3 more
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Folie à deux: contagious mental illness? Report of a clinical case
European Psychiatry, 2022 Introduction Folie à deux is a clinical condition that was first described in 19th century. It is a psychotic disorder in which two closely associated individuals share a similar delusional system.
A. Costa +3 more
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Global Rheumatology, 2022 A young patient spends hours reading at his mother's side; she’s always there and often explains his symptoms and discomfort to the nurses who provide care.
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Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 2015 Shared psychotic disorderis a rare psychiatric disorder. It is defined when a primary psychotic person imposes his/her delusional beliefs to the other person usually in a close relationship.
Pratikshya Chalise +2 more
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A Longitudinal Case of Shared Delusional Infestation
Cureus, 2023 Delusional infestation disorders are characterized by fixed but false beliefs about infection by a parasite, insect, or other living organism. Shared psychotic disorders are characterized by a single delusion instigated by a “primary” index patient and ...
Daniel Romine +2 more
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Incubus Assaulting the Whole Family: A Case Report of Folie a Famille from North India [PDF]
Indian Journal of Private PsychiatryAs per cultural beliefs, the incubus is a sex demon attempting to have intercourse with a female. Incubus syndrome has been described in patients either with schizophrenia or with delusional/psychotic disorders.
Robin Victor +3 more
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Reasoning biases, behavior, and computation in delusions: shared and unique variance
, 2022 Introduction: Multiple measures of decision-making under uncertainty (e.g. jumping to conclusions, bias against disconfirmatory evidence, win-switch behavior, random exploration) have been associated with delusional thinking in independent studies. Yet, it is unknown whether these variables explain shared or unique variance in delusional thinking, and ...
Julia Sheffield +4 more
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