Folie à deux and mental retardation: review and case report

Can J Psychiatry. 1991 Feb;36(1):48-9. doi: 10.1177/070674379103600110.

Abstract

Despite the known association of folie à deux with low intelligence, very few reports of its occurrence in people with documented mental retardation have been published. A case of folie à deux in a 32 year old man with moderate mental retardation is described and the clinical implications discussed. The need for an increased awareness of the existence of mental illness in the mentally handicapped is also emphasized.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Delusions / diagnosis
  • Delusions / psychology
  • Group Homes
  • Hallucinations / diagnosis
  • Hallucinations / psychology
  • Humans
  • Intellectual Disability / diagnosis
  • Intellectual Disability / psychology*
  • Male
  • Mother-Child Relations*
  • Psychotic Disorders / diagnosis
  • Psychotic Disorders / psychology*
  • Shared Paranoid Disorder / diagnosis
  • Shared Paranoid Disorder / psychology*
  • Social Environment