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Pseudocyesis associated with folie à deux.
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BACKGROUND Folie à deux is a very rare psychiatric syndrome in which a psychotic symptom is transmitted from one individual to another. We present a case of folie à deux occurring during childhood, which is not an usual presentation of this syndrome. In this case, the disorder is correlated with child abuse and neglect, which possibly had a role in the development of the symptoms in our case. ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Psychiatry
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0007-1250,1472-1465
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.198.1.30