Book contents
- Psychopathology of Rare and Unusual Syndromes
- Psychopathology of Rare and Unusual Syndromes
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Reviews
- Preface
- Section 1 Abnormalities of Belief and Judgement
- Chapter 1 Delusional Misidentification Syndromes
- Chapter 2 Othello Syndrome
- Chapter 3 Folie à Deux
- Chapter 4 Couvade and Pseudocyesis
- Section 2 Abnormalities of the Experience of Love
- Section 3 Abnormalities of Perception
- Section 4 Abnormalities of the Self
- Section 5 Abnormalities of Experience of the Body
- Section 6 Abnormalities of Memory Function
- Section 7 Abnormalities of Behaviour
- References
- Index
Chapter 3 - Folie à Deux
from Section 1 - Abnormalities of Belief and Judgement
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 26 August 2021
- Psychopathology of Rare and Unusual Syndromes
- Psychopathology of Rare and Unusual Syndromes
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Reviews
- Preface
- Section 1 Abnormalities of Belief and Judgement
- Chapter 1 Delusional Misidentification Syndromes
- Chapter 2 Othello Syndrome
- Chapter 3 Folie à Deux
- Chapter 4 Couvade and Pseudocyesis
- Section 2 Abnormalities of the Experience of Love
- Section 3 Abnormalities of Perception
- Section 4 Abnormalities of the Self
- Section 5 Abnormalities of Experience of the Body
- Section 6 Abnormalities of Memory Function
- Section 7 Abnormalities of Behaviour
- References
- Index
Summary
In Chapters 1 and 2, I dealt with delusional misidentification syndromes and morbid jealousy, respectively. Delusional misidentification syndromes are, in the main, conceived as explicit manifestation of underlying implicit neurological abnormalities and morbid jealousy as explicable in the light of sociobiological processes. In this chapter, I turn to folie à deux and related conditions that signal the importance to our understanding of delusions of how beliefs and attitudes are formed, how they are amenable to change and how they are transmitted within society.
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- Psychopathology of Rare and Unusual Syndromes , pp. 31 - 40Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021