@article{ref1,
title="Folie á deux in a child",
journal="Journal of autism and childhood schizophrenia",
year="1976",
author="Simonds, J. F. and Glenn, T.",
volume="6",
number="1",
pages="61-73",
abstract="Folie a deux is the transference of delusional ideas and behaviors from one person to another with whom there has been a close association. Its occurence in children has been rarely described in the literature, which was reviewed for case reports, diagnostic criteria, and etiological theories. A detailed case history of a 10-year-old girl who had delusions of special powers and delusions of persecution as well as hypochondriacal and hysterical symptoms is presented as an example of folie a deux between child and parent. This girl had developed a symbiotic incestuous relationship with her stepfather, a paranoid schizophrenic patient. Six criteria for making the diagnosis of folie a deux in a child were applied to the case studied. General and specific aspects of treating this disorder were discussed.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0021-9185",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}