Folie a deux in a 13 year old girl and her elder sister

Folie a deux, is a rare delusional disorder shared by two or more people in close emotional ties, so that delusion of the primary patient is adopted by other person. We are presenting a rare case in our clinical practice of a thirteen year old female from ethnic minority with shared psychotic disorder, with her twenty three year old elder sister. In this case of Folie a deux the 13 year old girl was the passive psychotic partner and her 23 year old elder sister was the dominant psychotic partner

case of melatonin induced depression in an adolescent with asperger's syndrome

Melatonin is a commonly used drug in children with sleep difficulties and especially in neurodevelopmental disorders1. We are presenting a case of a16 years old young man with the diagnosis of Asperger's syndrome, who was treated with melatonin for his sleep difficulties but went on to develop depression