[Folie à famille: a Surinamese-Hindustani family with a shared paranoid delusion and severe undernourishment]

Tijdschr Psychiatr. 2013;55(2):123-7.
[Article in Dutch]

Abstract

Folie à famille is a rare psychiatric condition in which several family members develop similar psychotic symptoms. We describe the case of a family of four with a shared paranoid delusion, who all obtained complete remission after being treated with antipsychotics on different psychiatric wards.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Antipsychotic Agents / therapeutic use
  • Delusions
  • Family Characteristics
  • Family Therapy*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Shared Paranoid Disorder / complications
  • Shared Paranoid Disorder / diagnosis*
  • Shared Paranoid Disorder / drug therapy
  • Social Isolation*
  • Thinness / complications*
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Antipsychotic Agents