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Folie à Deux in Down's Syndrome

A Case Report

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

C. J. Meakin ,
E. B. Renvoize  and
J. Kent
C. J. Meakin
Affiliation:
Bootham Park Hospital
E. B. Renvoize
Affiliation:
Bootham Park Hospital
J. Kent
Affiliation:
Bootham Park Hospital
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Abstract

A case of folie à deux in a 29 year-old man with Down's syndrome, whose mother had a paranoid psychosis, is described. Successful treatment of the mother's illness also resulted in full recovery of the son without the need for medication.

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Brief Reports
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 151 , Issue 2 , August 1987 , pp. 258 - 260
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1987 

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