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A Study of Folie à Deux

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

Stanley M. Coleman  and
Samuel L. Last
Stanley M. Coleman
Affiliation:
Runwell Hospital
Samuel L. Last
Affiliation:
Runwell Hospital
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During the last century the fact that two people share a psychosis has been recognized as constituting a problem of psychiatry. Although quite a number of cases have been published, we were surprised at the relatively small number. The subject lends itself admirably to systematization, and the classification which has been accepted by most writers is the one evolved by French authors.

Type
Part I.—Original Articles
Information
Journal of Mental Science , Volume 85 , Issue 359 , November 1939 , pp. 1212 - 1223
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1939 

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