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Electroconvulsive Therapy as a Contributor to the Production of Delusional Misidentification

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

George G. Hay
George G. Hay*
Affiliation:
University Hospital of South Manchester, West Didsbury, Manchester M20 8LR
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Abstract

Evidence for an organic component in patients with delusional misidentification syndromes is reviewed and three described who developed the Capgras symptom after a course of ECT which produced a mild organic psychosyndrome. The delusion was a complicating factor during treatment, but remitted in all cases as the organic brain syndrome cleared and the underlying condition improved.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 148 , Issue 6 , June 1986 , pp. 667 - 669
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Copyright © 1986 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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