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- noun the simultaneous occurrence of symptoms of a mental disorder (as delusions) in two persons who are closely related (as siblings or man and wife)
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niels commented on the word folie a deux
Synonymous with shared psychotic disorder, in which a person who is closely associated with an already psychotic patient develops a delusion also.
March 6, 2007
tankexmortis commented on the word folie a deux
Harley Quinn Syndrome?
August 7, 2008