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Tintin and the Capgras syndrome

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

H. Förstl ,
R. Howard ,
O. Almeida ,
B. Beats ,
A. Burns  and
R. Levy
H. Förstl
Affiliation:
Section of Old Age Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF
R. Howard
Affiliation:
Section of Old Age Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF
O. Almeida
Affiliation:
Section of Old Age Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF
B. Beats
Affiliation:
Section of Old Age Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF
A. Burns
Affiliation:
Section of Old Age Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF
R. Levy
Affiliation:
Section of Old Age Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF
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Only around 300 cases of the Capgras syndrome have been reported in the medical literature. We report a widely read but scientifically neglected case of a mad scientist who showed this misidentification syndrome with classical and potentially dangerous features. The current literature on the psychopathology and neuropsychology of the Capgras-syndrome is briefly reviewed and discussed in the light of this new case.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 14 , Issue 12 , December 1990 , pp. 705 - 707
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