Folie a deux in bipolar affective disorder: A case report

Bipolar Disorders

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 162-165

  Patel, Anish S ^a,d   Armone, Danilo ^b   Ryan, William ^c  

^a SUSSEX COMMUNITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b SPRINGFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UK   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Affective psychosis; Bipolar affective disorder; Folie a deux; Induced delusional disorder; Shared delusional disorder; Twins

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; LITHIUM; OLANZAPINE; RISPERIDONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BRAIN INJURY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELUSIONAL DISORDER; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MANIA; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; PSYCHOSIS; RELAPSE; SEIZURE; SHARED PSYCHOTIC DISORDER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 1842581767     PISSN: 13985647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-5618.2004.00099.x     Document Type: Article

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