Genetic or Psychogenic? A Case Study of “Folie à Quatre” Including Twins

المؤلفون المشاركون

Arai, Heii
Ohnuma, Tohru

المصدر

Case Reports in Psychiatry

العدد

المجلد 2015، العدد 2015 (31 ديسمبر/كانون الأول 2015)، ص ص. 1-3، 3ص.

الناشر

Hindawi Publishing Corporation

تاريخ النشر

2015-06-25

دولة النشر

مصر

عدد الصفحات

3

التخصصات الرئيسية

علم النفس
الطب البشري
الطب النفسي

الملخص EN

Shared psychotic disorder, characterized by shared delusion among two or more subjects (termed “Folie à deux,” “trois,” etc.), is often associated with strong religious beliefs or social isolation, factors creating strong psychological sympathy.

Recently, we treated a rare familial case of “Folie à quatre” in central Tokyo without such influences.

The proband was a schizophrenia patient and younger brother within monozygotic twins.

Positive symptoms were “transmitted” to remaining family members, his elder brother, mother, and father father, in a relatively short period of three months.

Although the pathophysiology of these positive symptoms (delusions and hallucinations) remains unclear, the transmission pattern suggests the primacy of social and environmental factors (and/or their interaction), while genetics appeared less influential in this “Folie à famille.” Although undiagnosed psychoses in the whole family cannot be excluded, they did not share the other negative schizophrenia symptoms of the proband.

A strong familial connection appeared to be the most important factor for the common delusion and hallucination.

نمط استشهاد جمعية علماء النفس الأمريكية (APA)

Ohnuma, Tohru& Arai, Heii. 2015. Genetic or Psychogenic? A Case Study of “Folie à Quatre” Including Twins. Case Reports in Psychiatry،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1059855

نمط استشهاد الجمعية الأمريكية للغات الحديثة (MLA)

Ohnuma, Tohru& Arai, Heii. Genetic or Psychogenic? A Case Study of “Folie à Quatre” Including Twins. Case Reports in Psychiatry No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1059855

نمط استشهاد الجمعية الطبية الأمريكية (AMA)

Ohnuma, Tohru& Arai, Heii. Genetic or Psychogenic? A Case Study of “Folie à Quatre” Including Twins. Case Reports in Psychiatry. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1059855

نوع البيانات

مقالات

لغة النص

الإنجليزية

الملاحظات

Includes bibliographical references

رقم السجل

BIM-1059855