title: Vive La France: Three Delusional Disorders Originally Reported in the French Medical Literature.
abstract: Delusions as a feature of psychosis have long captured the fascination of both psychiatry and the public at large. The French first described three famous delusions: the Cotard delusion, folie à deux, and Capgras delusion. In this article, we examine a case illustrating each delusion and the hallmark features of each as well as a brief discussion about the current understanding of these disorders.
authors.affiliation: Psychiatry Resident, Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA), San Antonio, Texas, USA.|Department of Behavioral Medicine, San Antonio Military Medical Center (SAMMC), U.S. Air Force, Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: Shane
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Riggs
authors.affiliation: Psychiatry Resident, Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA), San Antonio, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Perry
authors.affiliation: Staff Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA), San Antonio, Texas, USA.|Department of Behavioral Medicine, San Antonio Military Medical Center (SAMMC), Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dowben
authors.affiliation: Department of Behavioral Medicine, San Antonio Military Medical Center (SAMMC), U.S. Air Force, Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas, USA.|Staff Psychiatrist, Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA), San Antonio, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: Rebecca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Burson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003702:Delusions / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011570:Psychiatry; D012563:Schizophrenia, Paranoid / Q000145:classification* / Q000523:psychology*; D012753:Shared Paranoid Disorder / Q000523:psychology*
keywords: Capgras; Cotard; delusions; folie à deux