Incubus Assaulting the Whole Family: A Case Report of Folie a Famille from North India
As per cultural beliefs, the incubus is a sex demon attempting to have intercourse with a female. Incubus syndrome has been described in patients either with schizophrenia or with delusional/psychotic disorders. Shared psychotic disorder (SPD) describes a phenomenon in which delusion/psychotic featu...
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| author | Robin Victor Priyaranjan Avinash Twinkle Sharma Rohit Gondwal |
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| description | As per cultural beliefs, the incubus is a sex demon attempting to have intercourse with a female. Incubus syndrome has been described in patients either with schizophrenia or with delusional/psychotic disorders. Shared psychotic disorder (SPD) describes a phenomenon in which delusion/psychotic features are transferred from one member of the family to other susceptible family members who are in a close relationship. The majority of the literature about SPD describes shared delusion among two family members known as folie à deux. Few cases mention folie à famille in which more than two members have the same delusion/psychotic feature. Here, we report a case of incubus syndrome affecting the whole family. We highlight various factors playing a role in its etiopathogenesis and the approach we took for its management. Since both these disorders are quite rare hence an early acknowledgement and adequate intervention would help in the management of the cases. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-59c7591f4a384f21bbb8eb144df170852025-08-20T01:51:45ZengJaypee Brothers Medical PublisherIndian Journal of Private Psychiatry2319-53632583-40102024-01-01181313210.5005/jp-journals-10067-01588Incubus Assaulting the Whole Family: A Case Report of Folie a Famille from North IndiaRobin Victor0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1328-4925Priyaranjan Avinash1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0754-9111Twinkle Sharma2https://orcid.org/0009-0006-8919-2142Rohit Gondwal3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0574-0388Robin Victor, Department of Psychiatry, Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences, Swami Rama Himalayan University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India, Phone: +91 8133803993Department of Psychiatry, Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences, Swami Rama Himalayan University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, IndiaDepartment of Psychiatry, Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences, Swami Rama Himalayan University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, IndiaDepartment of Psychiatry, Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences, Swami Rama Himalayan University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, IndiaAs per cultural beliefs, the incubus is a sex demon attempting to have intercourse with a female. Incubus syndrome has been described in patients either with schizophrenia or with delusional/psychotic disorders. Shared psychotic disorder (SPD) describes a phenomenon in which delusion/psychotic features are transferred from one member of the family to other susceptible family members who are in a close relationship. The majority of the literature about SPD describes shared delusion among two family members known as folie à deux. Few cases mention folie à famille in which more than two members have the same delusion/psychotic feature. Here, we report a case of incubus syndrome affecting the whole family. We highlight various factors playing a role in its etiopathogenesis and the approach we took for its management. Since both these disorders are quite rare hence an early acknowledgement and adequate intervention would help in the management of the cases.https://www.ijiapp.com/doi/IJPP/pdf/10.5005/jp-journals-10067-0158case reportindiapsychotic disorderschizophreniashared paranoid disorder |
| spellingShingle | Robin Victor Priyaranjan Avinash Twinkle Sharma Rohit Gondwal Incubus Assaulting the Whole Family: A Case Report of Folie a Famille from North India Indian Journal of Private Psychiatry case report india psychotic disorder schizophrenia shared paranoid disorder |
| title | Incubus Assaulting the Whole Family: A Case Report of Folie a Famille from North India |
| title_full | Incubus Assaulting the Whole Family: A Case Report of Folie a Famille from North India |
| title_fullStr | Incubus Assaulting the Whole Family: A Case Report of Folie a Famille from North India |
| title_full_unstemmed | Incubus Assaulting the Whole Family: A Case Report of Folie a Famille from North India |
| title_short | Incubus Assaulting the Whole Family: A Case Report of Folie a Famille from North India |
| title_sort | incubus assaulting the whole family a case report of folie a famille from north india |
| topic | case report india psychotic disorder schizophrenia shared paranoid disorder |
| url | https://www.ijiapp.com/doi/IJPP/pdf/10.5005/jp-journals-10067-0158 |
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