Folie à deux in Down's syndrome. A case report.
A case of folie à deux in a 29 year-old man with Down's syndrome, whose mother had a paranoid psychosis, is described. Successful treatment of the mother's illness also resulted in full recovery of the son without the need for medication.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004314:Down Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012753:Shared Paranoid Disorder / Q000209:etiology* / Q000235:genetics