shared psychotic disorder

shared psychotic disorder

 

a delusional system that develops in one or more persons as a result of a close relationship with someone who already has a psychotic disorder with prominent delusions. It most commonly involves only two people and then is usually called folie à deux.

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fo·lie à deux

(ah dyeuh),

a mental disorder in which a delusion develops in a person in a relationship with another person with an established delusion.

Synonym(s): shared psychotic disorder

[Fr. two]

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shared psychotic disorder

n.

See folie à deux.

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A disorder in which 2 closely related people share a delusional system; e.g., a mother who believes a son who is convinced he’s Jesus Christ

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shared psychotic disorder

The term preferred by the Am Psychiatric Assn for the widely used “folie à deux,” see there.

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Shared psychotic disorder

Also known as folie à deux, shared psychotic disorder is an uncommon disorder in which the same delusion is shared by two or more individuals.

Mentioned in: Delusions, Psychosis

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