Folie a Deux: Shared Psychotic Disorder in a Medical Unit [PDF]
Introduction. A shared psychotic disorder is a system of delusions shared by two or more individuals. Shared psychotic disorders typically develop in pairs or groups with a close relationship who are socially isolated.
Saumya Bhutani, Damir Huremovic
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Shared Psychotic Disorder in Old Age: Syndrome of Folie à Deux [PDF]
Background. Shared psychotic disorder is a relatively rare condition first described by Lasegue and Falret in 1877, who named the syndrome “folie à deux” (FAD). This disorder is characterized by the transference of delusional ideas from one individual to
Q. Schopfer, M. Eshmawey
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Shared Psychotic Disorder (Folie à Deux) in Turkey [PDF]
Shared psychotic disorder or folie à deux is a rare and relatively unknown syndrome. Large case series are needed to find out and clarify the etiological factors and the phenomenology of shared psychotic disorder by comparing the cases from different ...
Buket Cinemre +3 more
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Shared psychotic disorder with sexual delusions. [PDF]
Shared psychotic disorder (SPD) is perceived as a relatively rare and poorly understood psychiatric phenomenon. Patients sharing sexual delusions may refer to sex therapists looking for treatment of an alleged sexual pathology. This might cause significant diagnostic and therapeutic challenges.
Lew-Starowicz M.
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Shared psychotic disorder: a case report in Switzerland
Folie à deux is a rare psychiatric syndrome in which one individual transmits a psychotic symptom to another. In this report, we present a case of folie à deux.
Daniele Mastromo, Aldo De Pietra
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Shared psychotic disorder: a case report [PDF]
Shared psychotic disorder (folie à deux) is a rare disorder characterized by delusions and demonstrates intercultural differences. Cases reported in the literature have considerable persecution, reference and mystical delusions.
Murad Atmaca +3 more
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Shared psychotic disorder in children of parents with untreated schizophrenia: A case series
Shared psychotic disorder (folie à deux) is a unique disorder with varied clinical presentation, posing difficulties in management. Parent–child dyads have been described to be commonly affected by this disorder but very few cases from India are ...
Hrishikesh B Nachane
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Shared psychotic disorder in the digital age: a case series of virtual “folie à trois” [PDF]
BACKGROUND: This case series presents a unique manifestation of shared psychotic disorder “folie à trois” transmitted entirely through digital interactions. It is among the first documented clinical accounts demonstrating that immersive online alliances —
Debanjan Banerjee
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Evidence for a Shared Etiological Mechanism of Psychotic Symptoms and Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms in Patients with Psychotic Disorders and Their Siblings. [PDF]
The prevalence of obsessive-compulsive disorder in subjects with psychotic disorder is much higher than in the general population. The higher than chance co-occurrence has also been demonstrated at the level of subclinical expression of both phenotypes ...
Marije Swets +6 more
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[A typical shared psychotic disorder: about a case]. [PDF]
Shared psychotic disorder is a rare entity characterized by the transmission of delusional symptoms from one patient ("inducer") to another ("induced" partner). We here report a clinical observation of atypical shared psychotic disorder involving delusion of persecution and of grandeur in a teenager induced by two subjects (grand-father and paternal ...
Bugeme M, Seck PA, Ilunga PM, Mukuku O.
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