Shared psychotic disorder between a girl with her mother and younger sister (folie a trois).
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Shared psychotic disorder develops in an individual in the context of a close relationship with another one who has an established delusion that he/she also believes. It is classified within paranoid disorder. Herein, we present a case of two sisters with their mother. The elder sister was the origin of paranoid delusion. Her delusion was with a dentist who tries his best to prevent her for marrying. They separated completely from all their relatives for two years.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Archives of Iranian medicine
دوره 9 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2006