Krzysztof Sołtys, Katarzyna Sulak
Folie a trois - a sick family: case study. Coincidence of psychiatric disorders in a single family 57
Summary: A mother and two daughters were admitted to the hospital to a psychiatric ward at three subsequent days, because of bizarre behaviour. A few days earlier they suddenly left their home and "went into the unknown". They started wandering around together from village to village. At that time the third daughter stayed at home. All four women joined the community of Jehovah's Witnesses, but they were all excluded several months ago. During hospitalization the mother was diagnosed with paranoid reaction, daughters with psychiatric disorders being of shared psychosis character. The daughters completely recovered. Later on the third daughter was hospitalized and she was diagnosed to have schizophrenia.