Incubus syndrome and folie à deux: A case report [1]

European Psychiatry

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 322-

  Petrikis, P ^a,c   Andreou, C ^a   Karavatos, A ^a   Garyfallos, G ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b Sector of Thessaloniki ^*  (Greece)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Folie deux; Incubus syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; DELUSION; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCUBUS SYNDROME; LETTER; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SHARED PSYCHOTIC DISORDER; SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0344464920     PISSN: 09249338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2003.06.003     Document Type: Letter

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