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Folie à six: a case report on induced psychotic disorder
Author(s) -
Dippel B.,
Kemper J.,
Berger M.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
acta psychiatrica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.849
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1600-0447
pISSN - 0001-690X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1991.tb07379.x
Subject(s) - nephew and niece , psychology , sister , psychiatry , psychoanalysis , psychotherapist , sociology , philosophy , anthropology , linguistics
A case of folie à six is described in which the persecutory delusions of the central figure spread to her husband and their 2 sons, and even to her sister‐in‐law and a nephew. The main factor in the development of this shared paranoid disorder seems to have been the dominant personality of the inducer. In contrast to reports in the literature, there was no family history of such disorders and there were no adverse social or environmental circumstances.