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Folie á deux: time to rethink ‘shared psychosis’?
Author(s) -
Greener Mark
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
progress in neurology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.19
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 1931-227X
pISSN - 1367-7543
DOI - 10.1002/pnp.49
Subject(s) - psychosis , etiology , psychology , psychiatry , psychotherapist , psychoanalysis
Abstract Folie á deux is a condition in which the same psychiatric symptoms, often delusions, occur in two closely associated people. A recent systematic review questions the aetiology of the condition and suggests that it may not be as rare as previously believed. Mark Greener reports. Copyright © 2007 Wiley Interface Ltd