Folie a deux

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Shared psychotic disorderis a rare psychiatric disorder. It is defined when a primary psychotic person imposes his/her delusional beliefs to the other person usually in a close relationship. Occurrence of this disorder among family members and close friends has been described. However, its exact inc...

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Main Authors: Pratikshya Chalise, Sandip Subedi, Pawan Sharma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nepal Medical Association 2015-12-01
Series:Journal of Nepal Medical Association
Online Access:http://jnma.com.np/jnma/index.php/jnma/article/view/2750
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spelling doaj-5f855fabab8349748a0dff6b3f0f28822020-11-24T23:16:31ZengNepal Medical AssociationJournal of Nepal Medical Association0028-27151815-672X2015-12-01532002952972750Folie a deuxPratikshya Chalise0Sandip Subedi1Pawan Sharma2Transcultural Psychosocial Organization,Kathmandu, Nepal.Universal College of Medical Sciences , Bhairahawa, Nepal.Transcultural Psychosocial Organization,Kathmandu, Nepal.Shared psychotic disorderis a rare psychiatric disorder. It is defined when a primary psychotic person imposes his/her delusional beliefs to the other person usually in a close relationship. Occurrence of this disorder among family members and close friends has been described. However, its exact incidence and prevalence is not known. Since such case has not been reported in Nepal to best of our knowledge, we present a case of shared delusional disorder along with brief review of literature. This case report describes a case of common shared persecutory delusion in husband and wife. 
 Keywords: folie a deux; shared psychotic disorder.http://jnma.com.np/jnma/index.php/jnma/article/view/2750
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author Pratikshya Chalise
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Pawan Sharma
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Journal of Nepal Medical Association
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series Journal of Nepal Medical Association
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publishDate 2015-12-01
description Shared psychotic disorderis a rare psychiatric disorder. It is defined when a primary psychotic person imposes his/her delusional beliefs to the other person usually in a close relationship. Occurrence of this disorder among family members and close friends has been described. However, its exact incidence and prevalence is not known. Since such case has not been reported in Nepal to best of our knowledge, we present a case of shared delusional disorder along with brief review of literature. This case report describes a case of common shared persecutory delusion in husband and wife. 
 Keywords: folie a deux; shared psychotic disorder.
url http://jnma.com.np/jnma/index.php/jnma/article/view/2750
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