%0 Journal Article
%T From Fostering to Delusional Disorder of Filiation
%A Momar Camara
%A Wissem Masmoudi
%A El Hadji Makhtar Ba
%A Sokhna Seck
%A Ma&#239
%A mouna Dieye
%A A&#239
%A da Sylla
%J Open Journal of Psychiatry
%P 283-286
%@ 2161-7333
%D 2024
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ojpsych.2024.144015
%X <b>Introduction: </b>Fostering is a widespread practice in West Africa. It played an essential role in the circulation of children. The failure of its community regulation, not compensated by a legal framework, has made its practice precarious. <b>Observation:</b> A case study was conducted on Dior, who was hospitalised in a psychiatric ward for a delusional disorder of filiation. Dior was entrusted to her maternal grandmother and aunt at ages 2 and 9. During these fosterings, the place of the symbolic father was not substituted, causing a void that challenged her imagination. The outcome was an inscription in a genealogy where she had found herself with prestigious parents. <b>Discussion: </b>Fostering has strongly disrupted the family dynamics in Dior¡¯s case. One of her options was to assume the paternal function, the use of which was perceived as a defiance or even a transgression. This same function would be a starting point of a psychosis whose filial character would only be an attempt at rectification where reality and imagination collide. <b>Conclusion: </b>Our study reveals the importance of stable parental figures at stake in fostering contexts, which constitute a risk factor for the development of a subsequent psychosis.
%K Delusional Disorder of Filiation
%K Psychopathology
%K Interactions
%K Fostering
%K Family
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=133797