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Folie à Trois

Case report

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

W. G. Dewhurst
Affiliation:
Maudsley Hospital, Denmark Hill, S.E.5
M. D. Eilenberg
Affiliation:
Maudsley Hospital, Denmark Hill, S.E.5

Extract

Only 16 cases of folie à trois have been reported in the English literature (Wolff, 1957). The present case seems worth recording because of the rarity with which this condition is described and the problems it raises.

Type
Original Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1961 

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