Shared Psychotic Disorder: A case of “Folie a deux” with a delusion of pregnancy

ABSTRACT

Shared psychotic disorder (Folie a deux), is a rarely seen and poorly understood psychiatric disorder. It ischaracterized by the transfer of delusional belief from one primary patient, who already suffering from apsychotic disorder, to another, the secondary patient. Here we present a case, of daughter of schizophrenicmother who has shared psychotic disorder with belief delusion of pregnancy. It was easily diagnosed but abigger challenge for management purpose.