Folie á Famille: Case Report
Journal Title: Türk Dermatoloji Dergisi - Year 2019, Vol 13, Issue 1
Abstract
Delusional parasitosis (DP) is a very rare chronic psychiatric disorder. Although there are no any clinical symptoms in patients, there is a false and fixed belief that they are infected with parasites. Folie á famille is characterized as a shared psychotic disorder within all the family members. Herein, we present a family total of five people including mother, father, daughter, grandmother and grandfather who diagnosed with DP and have shared psychotic disorder.
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Hamza Yıldız, Erdal Pan, Abdullah Bolu
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