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Follie a deux: Psychopathology in a pandemic

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 August 2021

I. Soares Da Costa ,
A. Vieira ,
A. Amaral  and
F. Coutinho
I. Soares Da Costa*
Affiliation:
Psychiatry And Mental Health Department, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de São João, Porto, Portugal
A. Vieira
Affiliation:
Psychiatry And Mental Health Department, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de São João, Porto, Portugal
A. Amaral
Affiliation:
Psychiatry And Mental Health Department, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de São João, Porto, Portugal
F. Coutinho
Affiliation:
Psychiatry And Mental Health Department, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de São João, Porto, Portugal
*
*Corresponding author.

Abstract

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Introduction

Follie a deux is a rare syndrome characterized by the transference of delusions from a primary subject to a secondary one. This rare condition, and frequently forgotten in psychiatry pratice, is more frequent in feedlots, particularly in situations alike we face nowadays because of the pandemic.

Objectives

To describe a clinical case and to discuss and highlight some clinical aspects of this entity.

Methods

Present a clinical case report and respective non systematic literature review

Results

This clinical vignete describes a case of shared delusion between a mother and a son. The son suffers from an intelectual disability and shared with his mother a persecutory and prejudice delusion. Both live in the same house and because of the pandemic they spend all the time together. This situation was probably the main factor influencing the course of the symptoms.

Conclusions

It is highlighted the importance of a social isolation and close contact between the pair mother/son, more important in context of a global pandemic, viewed as an obstacle to promote the separation of both.

Keywords

psychosispsychopathologyfollie a deuxpandemics
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European Psychiatry , Volume 64 , Special Issue S1: Abstracts of the 29th European Congress of Psychiatry , April 2021 , pp. S537 - S538
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