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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A psychotic disorder characterized by the patient's belief that acquaintances or closely related persons have been replaced by doubles or imposters.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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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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- Psychoses (1966-1981)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Capgras Syndrome. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D002194. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D002194
- Capgras Syndrome. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capgras_delusion
- Capgras Syndrome. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q838018