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Folie à deux.

M H Sacks1

  • 1Payne Whitney Clinic, Cornell University Medical College, New York, NY 10021.

Comprehensive Psychiatry
|May 1, 1988
PubMed
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Folie à deux, or induced psychotic disorder, is likely more common than previously believed, especially in hospitalized patients evaluated with their families. It describes a relationship where one person

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Area of Science:

  • Psychiatry
  • Psychology
  • Mental Health

Background:

  • Folie à deux, also known as induced psychotic disorder, is a rare psychiatric condition.
  • The condition involves the transference of delusions from one individual to another.