%0 Journal Article
%T Folie ¨¤ Deux ¨C A Clinical Case of Folie Impos¨¦e in a Mother/Child Relationship
%A Marta Nascimento
%A Jorge Ramos
%A Vera Dindo
%A Raquel Ribeiro
%J PsiLogos
%D 2012
%I Hospital Prof. Doutor Fernando Fonseca
%X Background: Even though the origin of the concept of shared delusion is not consensual, the term folie a deux was introduced in 1877 by two french researchers ¨C Las¨¨gue and Falret. According to the original concept, a person (inductor), cognitively dominant, develops a delusional idea that progressively imposes to a second person (induced), with whom he keeps a close relationship. The four psychopathologic subtypes known ¨C folie impos¨¦e, folie simultan¨¦e, folie communiqu¨¦e and folie induite, were described in the final of the XIX century, but its classification and conceptualization was assigned to the american researcher Gralnick (1942). Aim, materials and methods: It is intended to highlight some clinical aspects of the shared delusion disorder, its epidemiological and psycopathogenic characterization and therapeutical approach. In order to achieve it, the authors presented a clinical case report and respective non systematic literature review. Results: It is a case of shared delusion of the type folie impos¨¦e in a pair mother/son. The inductor (son) suffers from bipolar disorder and asperger syndrome and shared with his mother (induced and carer) a persecutory delusion. Conclusions: It is highlighted the importance of a social isolation context and close contact between both members in the genesis of the disease; it is discussed the subject of the cognitive dominance between the inductor and the induced and the implications of the separation of the pair mother/son, as primary therapeutic action.
%K Folie ¨¤ Deux
%K Shared Delusion Disorder
%K Bipolar Disorder
%K Asperger Syndrome
%K ICD 10
%K DSM-IV-TR
%U http://www.psilogos.com/Revista/Vol10N2/Indice13_ficheiros/martanascimento_folie_p24_36.pdf