British Journal of Psychiatry
Volume 157, Issue AUG., 1990, Pages 290-292

Folie a trois among two Soviet-Jewish immigrant families to Israel (Article)

Maizel S.* , Knobler H.Y. , Herbstein R.
  • a Eitanim Psychiatric Hospital, Hebrew University, Medical School, Jerusalem 99790, Israel
  • b Eitanim Psychiatric Hospital, Hebrew University, Medical School, Jerusalem 99790, Israel
  • c Eitanim Psychiatric Hospital, Hebrew University, Medical School, Jerusalem 99790, Israel

Abstract

In two cases of folie a trois, affecting two Soviet-Jewish families who emigrated to Israel, both elderly parents in both cases shared the paranoid delusional beliefs of an only child. Severe trauma in the past and social maladjustment in the present may be among the precipitating factors for the development of the shared paranoid disorder.

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paranoid schizophrenia social psychology Israel psychological aspect paranoia human social isolation priority journal Aged USSR illness behavior ethnology religion male case report Middle Age female Jew Jews Religion and Psychology Article social adaptation adult migration Prejudice delusion Emigration and Immigration treatment refusal Schizophrenia, Paranoid child parent relation
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ISSN: 00071250
Cited by: 14
Original Language: English