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Delusional parasitosis as 'folie a deux'.
Delusional parasitosis is characterized by the unshakeable belief of being infested with tiny (microscopic) insects. Patients spend much time trying to get rid of the bugs and suffer from these symptoms. Patients prefer to go to dermatologists because they have a strong conviction over the presence of a somatic disease and do not accept any psychiatric advice for their complaints. Folie a deux ...
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Folie à deux is a relatively rare mental disorder first described in France in 1877 by Laségue and Falret. However, folie á deux is still a matter of study and debate today as it remains a challenge for psychiatrists. The aim of our work is to report a clinical case of folie á deux, subtype A of Gralnick, between an inducer daughter and an induced mother who lived quite socially isolated and ha...
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DeMontyel (1881) divided folie a deux into three subgroups: fo!ie simu!tanée, in which there is the coincidental, simultaneousbutindependent appearance of psychotic symptoms in two family members who are predisposed to a psychosis and who are living together; bIle communiquée,in which two persons who are at risk from developing a psychosis become psychotic, but each subject adopts one or more...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Germanica
سال: 1989
ISSN: 0984-2632,2107-0784
DOI: 10.4000/germanica.2527