The nosological significance of Folie à Deux: A review of the literature

Annals of General Psychiatry

Volumn 5, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Arnone, Danilo ^a,b   Patel, Anish ^c   Tan, Giles Ming Yee ^d  

^a WARNEFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c West Sussex Health and Social Care NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; MOOD STABILIZER; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ANAMNESIS; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FAMILY HISTORY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LIFE EVENT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PERSONALITY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SHARED PSYCHOTIC DISORDER; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 33748293151     PISSN: 1744859X     EISSN: 1744859X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1744-859X-5-11     Document Type: Review

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