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Folie À Deux

A Case of Folie Imposée À Quatre and À Trois

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

D. H. Ropschitz
D. H. Ropschitz*
Affiliation:
The Pastures Hospital, Mickleover, Derby
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Definition of Folie à Deux

“Folie à deux is the transmission of delusional ideas from a psychotic to closely-associated individuals, who have experienced his domineering influence for a prolonged space of time. This condition may be transferred to three and more individuals”).

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Original Articles
Information
Journal of Mental Science , Volume 103 , Issue 432 , July 1957 , pp. 589 - 596
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1957 

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