Psychiatry and Psychology

Capgras Syndrome

A psychotic disorder characterized by the patient's belief that acquaintances or closely related persons have been replaced by doubles or imposters.

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Abstract

A psychotic disorder characterized by the patient's belief that acquaintances or closely related persons have been replaced by doubles or imposters.

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  • Syndrome, Capgras

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

a psychosis wherein patient thinks familiar persons are doubles of themselves or imposters

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History Note

91(82); was see under PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS 1982-90

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Previous Indexing

  • Psychoses (1966-1981)

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WM 204

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Capgras Syndrome. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D002194. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D002194
  2. Capgras Syndrome. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capgras_delusion
  3. Capgras Syndrome. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q838018