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An Unusual Case of the Capgras Syndrome

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

M. J. Fialkov  and
Ashley H. Robins
M. J. Fialkov
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Groote Schuur Hospital and University of Cape Town, Observatory, Cape, South Africa
Ashley H. Robins
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Groote Schuur Hospital and University of Cape Town, South Africa
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Summary

A variant of the Capgras syndrome is described in a 43-year-old woman who had vitiligo and multinodular goitre. The unusual feature of the case was that the patient not only misidentified members of her own family but also claimed that she herself had been replaced by a double.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 132 , Issue 4 , April 1978 , pp. 403 - 404
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1978 

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