Induced delusional disorder: A review of the concept and an unusual case of folie à famille

Psychopathology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 37-45

  Wehmeier, Peter M ^a   Barth, Nikolaus ^a   Remschmidt, Helmut ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Folie deux; Induced delusional disorder; Shared paranoid disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONDITIONING; DELUSIONAL DISORDER; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HALLUCINATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; SHARED PSYCHOTIC DISORDER;

CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MOOD DISORDERS; SHARED PARANOID DISORDER; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; TWINS;

EID: 0037247628     PISSN: 02544962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000069657     Document Type: Article

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