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PubMed1985

Psychiatric aspects of contempt of court among women.

The case histories of 72 women admitted to prison for contempt of court in 1979-83 were reviewed. The sample included 45% of all women imprisoned for contempt in England and Wales over the 5-year period. The contemnors were significantly older than other sentenced prisoners, one third were foreign born and 37.5% were suffering from psychiatric disorder. Two thirds of the mentally disordered group had a paranoid disorder, litigiousness was a prominent feature of their illness, and 52% committed contempt in the context of a matrimonial dispute or a dispute with neighbours. Recent legislation may help to prevent the imprisonment of mentally ill contemnors.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1987

Capgras syndrome, de Clérambault's syndrome, and folie à deux.

A woman with Capgras and de Clérambault's syndromes transmitted persecutory, erotic, and somatic delusions to her son in a folie à deux. Capgras and de Clérambault's syndromes appear together more commonly than is apparent in the literature. Review of these cases shows a strong association with severe affective disorder.

Adolescent↗
PubMed2003

[Delusional parasitic infestation and folie à deux: case report].

Shared psychiatric disorder (folie deux) is a rare condition. But its prevalence can be 5-25% in patients with delusional parasitic infestation. We report the a case of a 62 years-old female with psychotic symptoms. For 15 years, she has lived with her younger sister. Since the patient was well-controled, her sister interrupted her antipsychotic drug administration. So, the patient initiated delusional parasitic infestation accompanied by visual hallucinations. Her sister, who did not have psychiatric history, initiated to believe that the patient was really infested. Moreover, she started to believe that was infested by the patient. This case report aims to discuss the relation between folie deux and delusional parasitic infestation.

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PubMed1986

Psychiatric disorders in marriage.

In marriage, whatever happens to one partner inevitably has its effect upon the other. Sometimes, when one overbalances the other partner is brought down also. At other times it is as though one is able to stay upright at the expense of the other remaining down.

Agoraphobia↗
PubMed1971

[Folie à deux].

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PubMed1976

Folie á deux in a child.

Folie a deux is the transference of delusional ideas and behaviors from one person to another with whom there has been a close association. Its occurence in children has been rarely described in the literature, which was reviewed for case reports, diagnostic criteria, and etiological theories. A detailed case history of a 10-year-old girl who had delusions of special powers and delusions of persecution as well as hypochondriacal and hysterical symptoms is presented as an example of folie a deux between child and parent. This girl had developed a symbiotic incestuous relationship with her stepfather, a paranoid schizophrenic patient. Six criteria for making the diagnosis of folie a deux in a child were applied to the case studied. General and specific aspects of treating this disorder were discussed.

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Induced psychotic disorder: clinical aspects, theoretical considerations, and some guidelines for treatment.

We describe our experience with a case of folie à famille with role reversal, including the long-term course. In addition, the case reports published since 1974 were reviewed and an overview is given of the psychoanalytic and system theory concepts on the pathogenesis of induced psychotic disorder. The inductor often appears to be suffering from schizophrenia. No further indications could be found in the literature for a hereditary predisposition in the recipient. It is sometimes difficult to distinguish between the inductor and the recipient, owing to the circular character of induced psychotic disorder and the role reversal that sometimes occurs. The DSM-III-R criteria for induced psychotic disorder were found to be lacking in practice because of their disregard for the circular causality and the strict exclusion criteria. In the short term, physical separation of the inductor and recipient leads to better treatment results than nonseparation, particularly in the case of recipient children. Long-term results are seldom mentioned. On the basis of theoretical considerations, interventions that aim at separation in psychological terms are necessary to achieve favorable long-term treatment results.

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PubMed2004

Folie a deux in bipolar affective disorder: a case report.

BACKGROUND: The syndrome of folie a deux is uncommon and often described in the context of schizophrenia. We report a case of induced delusional disorder associated with bipolar affective disorder (BAD). CASE REPORT: We present a case of monozygotic twins in their late 60s with an unusually close relation with one another and relative isolation from other people. Both twins have been diagnosed as suffering from BAD and relapsed into mania with psychotic symptoms. During their hospital stay they exhibited features consistent with folie a deux. Separation caused disappearance of the phenomenon whilst the affective disorder persisted. CONCLUSION: This case highlights the unusual and rare phenomenon of folie a deux occurring in the context of BAD. It also suggests current difficulty in defining folie a deux as an entity according to current diagnostic criteria.

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