Title: Lasègue-Falret Syndrome – Folie Simultanée
Authors: Sushma Viswanathan, Swetha Raghavan, Akshay Singh, Sathianathan R
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v5i6.138
Abstract
Psychosis of Association, also known as folie à deux, as described by Gralnick refers to “the transference of delusional ideas and/or abnormal behavior from one person to one or more others who have been in close association with the primarily affected patient”[1].This report describes a 35 year old man who presented with paranoid symptoms and was diagnosed as Schizophrenia. However, on detailed evaluation it was found that his wife too harboured similar delusions. A definitive diagnosis of Shared Delusional Disorder was finalised. Here we report this challenging psychiatric condition of ‘Folie simultanée’ in a non-consanguineous married couple for the rarity of its occurrence.
Keywords-Psychosis of association, folie à deux, paranoid, delusions, folie simultanée.
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