TY  -  JOUR
AU  -  Balducci, Pierfrancesco Maria
AU  -  Gobbicchi, Chiara
AU  -  Moretti, Patrizia
AU  -  Tortorella, Alfonso
T1  -  Delusional sharing: a history focus-on and case report of folie à deux
PY  -  2017
Y1  -  2017-07-01
DO  -  10.1708/2737.27910
JO  -  Rivista di Psichiatria
JA  -  Riv Psichiatr
VL  -  52
IS  -  4
SP  -  168
EP  -  171
PB  -  Il Pensiero Scientifico Editore
SN  -  2038-2502
Y2  -  2026/04/27
UR  -  http://dx.doi.org/10.1708/2737.27910
N2  -  SUMMARY. Folie à deux (FAD) is a clinical condition that was first described by Lasègue and Falret in 19th century. They reported a rare condition where two or more people shared delusional ideas from a person to another. Nowadays a trace of this historical diagnosis and its theoretical framework, could be found on ICD-10 where FAD is translated in “Shared Psychotic Disorder”. Given the lack of literature and a well-defined set of symptoms it is hard to detect the clinical limits of FAD. Furthermore, the complex of comorbidities could lead to a misdiagnosis. In this paper we report a peculiar case of FAD with an historical focus trying to give a wider point of view and tools to recognize this unconventional psychiatric diagnosis.
ER  -