title: Cacodemonomania and exorcism in children.
abstract: Despite its popularity in the lay media, alleged possession of children by demons has received scant attention in the scientific literature. Five cases are presented. This phenomenon probably represents a variant of folie à deux. A religious consultant may advantageously be included as a member of the treatment team.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D003291:Conversion Disorder / Q000523:psychology; D003702:Delusions / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009781:Occultism; D012069:Religion and Psychology; D012561:Schizophrenia, Childhood / Q000523:psychology; D012563:Schizophrenia, Paranoid / Q000523:psychology; D012753:Shared Paranoid Disorder / Q000523:psychology