The British Journal of Psychiatry 159: 274-277 (1991)
© 1991 The Royal College of Psychiatrists
The Fregoli syndrome and puerperal psychosis
D O'Sullivan and C Dean
University of Birmingham Department of Psychiatry.
Four cases of the Fregoli syndrome occurring in the setting of puerperal
psychosis are described. They are discussed in relation to previously
reported cases and it is proposed that the acute onset of the psychosis and
ambivalence arising with childbirth are important factors in the
pathogenesis.