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Folie à Trois

Case report

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

W. G. Dewhurst  and
M. D. Eilenberg
W. G. Dewhurst
Affiliation:
Maudsley Hospital, Denmark Hill, S.E.5
M. D. Eilenberg
Affiliation:
Maudsley Hospital, Denmark Hill, S.E.5
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Extract

Only 16 cases of folie à trois have been reported in the English literature (Wolff, 1957). The present case seems worth recording because of the rarity with which this condition is described and the problems it raises.

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Original Articles
Information
Journal of Mental Science , Volume 107 , Issue 448 , May 1961 , pp. 486 - 490
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1961 

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