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| Year : 2016 | Volume
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| Issue : 1 | Page : 66-68 |
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A case report of folie a deux: Mother and daughter
Nikita Dhaka, RK Solanki, GD Koolwal, Sanjay Gehlot, Surender Kumar
Department of Psychiatry, Dr. S.N. Medical College, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India
Correspondence Address:
Nikita Dhaka
Department of Psychiatry, Dr. S.N. Medical College, Jodhpur, Rajasthan
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0971-8990.182099
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Shared paranoid disorders, a relatively rare psychiatric disorder in which paranoid delusions are transferred from one individual to one or more other susceptible person(s) in close association. Folie a deux is characterized by a complex dependent relationship between the involved individuals, yet a challenging diagnosis. In the paradigm of changing nosology, where the term shared/induced psychotic disorder is going obsolete, it is important to recognize such cases due to the potential for recovery in the submissive partner. Here, we present a case report and discussion of folie a deux involving inducer mother and induced daughter. In the clinical case presented, folie á deux was easily diagnosed, but its treatment proved to be a bigger challenge. |
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