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Folie a deux-the psychosis of association

A review of103 cases and the entire English literature: With case presentations

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Son coeur est un luth suspendu; Sitot qu'on le touche il résonne. De Beranger

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Gralnick, A. Folie a deux-the psychosis of association. Psych Quar 16, 230–263 (1942). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01576134

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