folie à deux
Posted By: jmr on 2008-01-26
In Reply to: Help with what sounds like a french word to me. sm - DermMT
Subject: folie à deux
A shared psychotic disorder between 2 people, usually people who are mutually dependent upon each other.
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Found it here: http://www.emedicine.com/derm/topic939.htm
The diagnosis and treatment of DP can be an involved clinical activity. Patients with DP can resist suggestions that their condition is psychiatric rather than physical and refuse referrals for psychiatric care. In fact, in 35% of patients, the belief of infestation is unshakable. In approximately 12% of patients, the delusion of infestation is shared by a significant other. This phenomenon is known as folie à deux (eg, craziness for 2) or folie partagé (ie, shared delusions). Variations in this are the conviction that a child, a spouse, or a pet is infested.
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