Delusions of a Magic Man Shared by Codependent Twin Sisters
Folie à deux has been called double insanity or shared psychotic disorder. In this report, we describe the case of twin sisters who presented with identical delusions. Both sisters reported a “magic man” lived in their bodies and made them weak. Both underwent treatment with similar medications: the...
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| description | Folie à deux has been called double insanity or shared psychotic disorder. In this report, we describe the case of twin sisters who presented with identical delusions. Both sisters reported a “magic man” lived in their bodies and made them weak. Both underwent treatment with similar medications: the primary case with risperidone and the secondary case with paliperidone. The delusions of the primary case slowly abated with antipsychotics, whereas those of the secondary case completely resolved within a short duration after admission when the twins were separated in different hospital units. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-3ef9c43deeda4dc480468ce10113ffcb2025-08-20T02:08:08ZengWileyCase Reports in Psychiatry2090-68382022-01-01202210.1155/2022/9126521Delusions of a Magic Man Shared by Codependent Twin SistersAnam Shaikh0Randy Lai1Department of PsychiatryDepartment of PsychiatryFolie à deux has been called double insanity or shared psychotic disorder. In this report, we describe the case of twin sisters who presented with identical delusions. Both sisters reported a “magic man” lived in their bodies and made them weak. Both underwent treatment with similar medications: the primary case with risperidone and the secondary case with paliperidone. The delusions of the primary case slowly abated with antipsychotics, whereas those of the secondary case completely resolved within a short duration after admission when the twins were separated in different hospital units.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/9126521 |
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