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folie a deux

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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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  1. disturbance
  2. folie
  3. mental disorder
  4. mental disturbance
  5. psychological disorder

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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