Folie a Trois: Atypical Presentation as Shared Transient Psychotic Episode
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Shared psychotic disorder between a girl with her mother and younger sister (folie a trois).
Shared psychotic disorder develops in an individual in the context of a close relationship with another one who has an established delusion that he/she also believes. It is classified within paranoid disorder. Herein, we present a case of two sisters with their mother. The elder sister was the origin of paranoid delusion. Her delusion was with a dentist who tries his best to prevent her for mar...
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عنوان ژورنال: Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0253-7176,0975-1564
DOI: 10.4103/0253-7176.131002