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An Unusual Variant of Folie à Deux?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 June 2014

Patricia Casey  and
Fidelma Corcoran
Patricia Casey
Affiliation:
Dept. Psychiatry, Regional Hospital, Wilton, Cork
Fidelma Corcoran
Affiliation:
Formerly SHO Dept. Psychiatry, Regional Hospital, Wilton, Cork. Now SHO Paediatrics, St. Finbarr's Hospital, Cork
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Abstract

This paper describes a husband and wife sharing bizarre beliefs, which were felt to result from Pseudologia Fantastica rather than delusions in the inducer (the wife).

Keywords

Folie à DeuxPseudologia FantasticaPersonality DisorderShared Paranoid Disorder
Type
Clinical and Brief Reports
Information
Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine , Volume 6 , Issue 1 , March 1989 , pp. 44 - 46
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1989

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