Shared psychotic disorder between a girl with her mother and younger sister (folie a trois).
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.
Ranjbar-Kouchaksaraei
Fatemeh
F
Department of Psychiatry, Razi Hospital, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran. fk_ranjbar@yahoo.com
Norazar
Gholam-Reza
GR
Mohaghghegi
Arash
A
D000328:Adult; D003702:Delusions; D005192:Family Health; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D009035:Mothers; D010259:Paranoid Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012753:Shared Paranoid Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis*; D035781:Siblings