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...

Folie à deux is a condition that presents distinct challenges in the legal system. The authors searched the LexisNexis database for cases involving folie à deux and provide a review of criminal and civil case law involving individuals with the diagnosis. The case surrounding Elizabeth Smart's abduction from her Utah home is highlighted. Folie à deux is a formally recognized mental disorder, alt...

Folie a deux is thought to occur in persons who live close together, so that delusions of the primarily ill patient are adopted by the partner. Alternatively, if both patients are related, they may share the same genetically driven psychiatric illness. We present the cases of two psychotic couples (monozygotic twins and a mother and daughter pair, respectively), in which both subjects featured ...

AIM The primary aim of the research was to identify factors which are associated with the appearance of induced psychotic disorders. The psychological and social factors and cultural diversity of symptoms and course of folie à deux were taken into account. METHOD The author's review of literature on the topic of folie à deux. RESULTS Folie à deux was first described in the 19th century. Sin...

this report presents a 52-year-old woman who was admitted to nephrology ward with hypernatremia. she shared a persecutory delusion of poisoning with her 22-year-old daughter and did not feed her 8-year-old son due to her delusion. keywords: shared paranoid disorder, delusions, schizophrenia, paranoid.

BACKGROUND Folie à Deux is a rare syndrome that has attracted much clinical attention. There is increasing doubt over the essence of the condition and the validity of the original description, such that it remains an elusive entity difficult to define. METHOD We conducted a systematic review of the literature of all cases reporting the phenomenon of Folie à Deux, from the years 1993-2005. R...

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. ...

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 ...

Here is a case report of Folie a Deux in a pair of identical twin sisters. Tnis is a rathe.' intce.ting situation as bo'.h the sisters repressed considerably in their cffo.-t to cope with the situational problem which ultimately erupted first in the younger twin and later in the other. The distortion of reality of developing into an acute psychotic illness was transferred from the younger in th...