title: Shared psychotic disorder ("folie a deux") between mother and 15 years old son.
abstract: We presented a rare case in clinical practice: fifteen (15) years old male adolescent with shared psychotic disorder with his thirty seven (37) years old mother. In this case of "folie d deux" child was the passive psychotic partner and his mother who was the dominant psychotic partner. Both patients shared the same paranoid and imperative delusions. With complete psychiatric anamnesis, clinical interview, psychological testing, EEG (examination-electroencephalography) examination and control examinations we came to the diagnosis and efficacious pharmacological intervention for son.
authors.affiliation: University Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University Hospital "Osijek", Osijek, Croatia. kdodig@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Katarina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Dodig-Curković
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Curković
authors.forename: Dunja
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Degmecić
authors.forename: Mirela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Delalle
authors.forename: Mate
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mihanović
authors.forename: Pavo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Filaković
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001569:Benzodiazepines / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009035:Mothers; D000077152:Olanzapine; D012753:Shared Paranoid Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D014150:Antipsychotic Agents; D001569:Benzodiazepines; D000077152:Olanzapine