Folie a Deux

Series: Mental Symptoms Series

Duration: 22

Creator: National Film Board of Canada

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Description: Demonstrates symptoms of folie a deux, or induced insanity. Presents two patients, a mother and daughter, and explains how the psychosis developed first in the daughter and was then communicated to the mother who is very dependent upon and has a close emotional attachment to her child. Describes how the daughter expresses a number of grandiose delusions and persecution delusions which the mother excepts as reality. Recommended for use only by professional and pre-professional groups., Demonstrates symptoms of folie a deux, or induced insanity. Presents two patients, a mother and daughter, and explains how the psychosis developed first in the daughter and was then communicated to the mother who is very dependent upon and has a close emotional attachment to her child. Describes how the daughter expresses a number of grandiose delusions and persecution delusions which the mother excepts as reality. Recommended for use only by professional and pre-professional groups.

Complete Record: Demonstrates symptoms of folie a deux, or induced insanity. Presents two patients, a mother and daughter, and explains how the psychosis developed first in the daughter and was then communicated to the mother who is very dependent upon and has a close emotional attachment to her child. Describes how the daughter expresses a number of grandiose delusions and persecution delusions which the mother excepts as reality. Recommended for use only by professional and pre-professional groups., NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.