Folie simultanée in monozygotic twins

Can J Psychiatry. 1995 Sep;40(7):418-20. doi: 10.1177/070674379504000710.

Abstract

Objective: To present a case report of folie simultanée in monozygotic twins. The literature describing folie à deux in twins is also reviewed and the common clinical findings are presented.

Method: Case presentation and review of the literature.

Results: Clinical observations of monozygotic twins with folie simultanée suggest that the delusions tend to progress over time with each twin reinforcing the delusion in the second.

Conclusions: The concept of a delusion resonating between individuals may account for the rapid progression and escalation of these delusions.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Delusions / diagnosis
  • Delusions / genetics
  • Delusions / psychology
  • Diseases in Twins / genetics*
  • Diseases in Twins / psychology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Individuation
  • Shared Paranoid Disorder / diagnosis
  • Shared Paranoid Disorder / genetics*
  • Shared Paranoid Disorder / psychology
  • Social Isolation
  • Social Support
  • Suicide, Attempted / psychology
  • Twins, Monozygotic / genetics
  • Twins, Monozygotic / psychology