Shared psychotic disorder ("folie a deux") between mother and 15 years old son

Coll Antropol. 2008 Dec;32(4):1255-8.

Abstract

We presented a rare case in clinical practice: fifteen (15) years old male adolescent with shared psychotic disorder with his thirty seven (37) years old mother. In this case of "folie d deux" child was the passive psychotic partner and his mother who was the dominant psychotic partner. Both patients shared the same paranoid and imperative delusions. With complete psychiatric anamnesis, clinical interview, psychological testing, EEG (examination-electroencephalography) examination and control examinations we came to the diagnosis and efficacious pharmacological intervention for son.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Antipsychotic Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Benzodiazepines / therapeutic use*
  • Electroencephalography
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mothers
  • Olanzapine
  • Shared Paranoid Disorder / diagnosis*
  • Shared Paranoid Disorder / drug therapy*

Substances

  • Antipsychotic Agents
  • Benzodiazepines
  • Olanzapine