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Folie à Deux: A Socio-psychiatric Study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

N. R. Pande  and
D. M. Gulabani
N. R. Pande*
Affiliation:
B. J. Medical College and Sassoon General Hospitals, Pune, India
D. M. Gulabani
Affiliation:
Central Institute of Mental Health and Research, Yeravada, Pune, India
*
∗Dr Pande Neha, Type IV/B, 13 Sassoon Quarters, OPP: Z. P. Pune-411 001 (Maharashtra), India
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Abstract

A classic case of folie à deux from India is described in a couple unrelated to each other. The need for socio-cultural understanding of the clinical phenomenon and its implications is stressed.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 156 , Issue 3 , March 1990 , pp. 440 - 442
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1990 

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