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Folie à deux

MedGen UID:
1049903
Concept ID:
CN375790
Finding
Synonym: Shared psychosis
 
HPO: HP:5200418

Definition

Delusional beliefs are transmitted from one individual to another. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Mumcuoglu KY, Leibovici V, Reuveni I, Bonne O
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Emde RN, Boyd C, Mayo GA
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Recent clinical studies

Etiology

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Front Neurol Neurosci 2018;42:44-50. Epub 2017 Nov 17 doi: 10.1159/000475685. PMID: 29151090
Howard R
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Ghaziuddin M
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Diagnosis

Mumcuoglu KY, Leibovici V, Reuveni I, Bonne O
Isr Med Assoc J 2018 Jul;20(7):456-460. PMID: 30109800
Delgado MG, Bogousslavsky J
Front Neurol Neurosci 2018;42:44-50. Epub 2017 Nov 17 doi: 10.1159/000475685. PMID: 29151090
Newman WJ, Harbit MA
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 2010;38(3):369-75. PMID: 20852223
Howard R
Br J Hosp Med 1994 Mar 16-Apr 5;51(6):304-7. PMID: 8032569
Ghaziuddin M
Can J Psychiatry 1991 Feb;36(1):48-9. doi: 10.1177/070674379103600110. PMID: 2029684

Therapy

Jerrom R, Mortimer H, Martin K, Siddiquee R, Bagchi D, Goulding JMR
Clin Exp Dermatol 2020 Jun;45(4):414-416. Epub 2019 Dec 20 doi: 10.1111/ced.14138. PMID: 31729765
Ramendra R, Isnard S, Mehraj V, Chen J, Zhang Y, Finkelman M, Routy JP
Front Immunol 2019;10:465. Epub 2019 Mar 18 doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2019.00465. PMID: 30967860Free PMC Article
Mumcuoglu KY, Leibovici V, Reuveni I, Bonne O
Isr Med Assoc J 2018 Jul;20(7):456-460. PMID: 30109800
Vargas Alves Nunes A, Odebrecht Vargas Nunes S, Strano T, Pascolat G, Schier Doria GM, Nasser Ehlke M
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Kraya NA, Patrick C
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Prognosis

Lexchin J
Healthc Policy 2017 Aug;13(1):10-16. doi: 10.12927/hcpol.2017.25195. PMID: 28906232Free PMC Article
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Shimizu M, Kubota Y, Toichi M, Baba H
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Munro A
Br J Psychiatry Suppl 1988 Jul;(2):37-40. PMID: 3072051

Clinical prediction guides

Fares R, Najem R, Hallit S, Pelissolo A, Haddad G, Naja WJ
J Med Case Rep 2023 Apr 23;17(1):164. doi: 10.1186/s13256-023-03911-3. PMID: 37087473Free PMC Article
Cipriani G, Danti S, Nuti A, Lucetti C, Di Fiorino M
Acta Neurol Belg 2018 Jun;118(2):187-191. Epub 2018 Mar 22 doi: 10.1007/s13760-018-0913-0. PMID: 29569177
Shimizu M, Kubota Y, Calabrese JR, Toichi M, Kato S, Baba H
Psychopathology 2006;39(2):92-8. Epub 2006 Jan 2 doi: 10.1159/000090599. PMID: 16391511
White TG
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RAVITZ LJ
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Recent systematic reviews

Menculini G, Balducci PM, Moretti P, Tortorella A
Int Rev Psychiatry 2020 Aug-Sep;32(5-6):412-423. Epub 2020 May 4 doi: 10.1080/09540261.2020.1756754. PMID: 32363956
Vigo L, Ilzarbe D, Baeza I, Banerjea P, Kyriakopoulos M
Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry 2019 Dec;28(12):1555-1566. Epub 2018 Oct 17 doi: 10.1007/s00787-018-1236-7. PMID: 30328525

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