Folie à deux (French for "madness of two") is a rare psychiatric syndrome where a delusional belief spreads from one person (the inducer) to another (the recipient), usually in a close relationship like family or partners, leading them to share the same psychotic symptoms, often involving delusions or hallucinations, and is also known as shared psychotic disorder or induced delusional disorder. This shared psychosis often involves social isolation and the dominant personality of the first person influencing the submissive second person, requiring separation and treatment like antipsychotics and therapy for resolution.
Folie à deux (French for 'madness of two'), also called shared psychosis or shared delusional disorder (SDD), is a rare psychiatric syndrome in which symptoms of a delusional belief are "transmitted" from one individual to another.
Folie à deux is defined as an identical or similar mental disorder affecting two or more individuals, usually the members of a close family. Two case reports of this condition are presented with a brief review of the literature.
Persecutory delusion is most common, followed by religious, grandiose, and somatic delusion, and a primary's delusion content decides the shared belief. Folie à deux can cause a grave threat of altruistic mass suicide by presenting as cult apocalyptic theories and quasi-religious beliefs.
There are four types of folie a deux: (1) Folie impose'e; (2) folic simultane'e; (3) folie communique'e; and (4) folie induite. [2] Folie impose'e is the most common form of folie a deux, in which the primary case is typically dominant and forceful.
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Folie à deux is a psychotic disorder characterized by the sharing of a delusional pattern by two psychologically interrelated individuals. As first described in 1877 by Lasègue and Falret,1 the two affected persons are usually longtime, intimately linked individuals.
Persecutory - The central theme is being conspired against, attacked, harassed, obstructed in the pursuit of long-term goals. Somatic - These involve bodily functions and sensations. Mixed - No single theme is prevalent. Thought broadcasting - Delusion that one's thought is projected and perceived by others.
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