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Coexistence of the Capgras and de Clérambault Syndromes A Case History

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Andrew C. P. Sims  and
Alfred C. White
Andrew C. P. Sims
Affiliation:
All Saints' Hospital, Birmingham 18
Alfred C. White
Affiliation:
All Saints' Hospital, Birmingham 18
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Capgras syndrome and de Clérambault's syndrome are ‘uncommon psychiatric disorders' (Enoch, Trethowan and Barker, 1967). The literature contains accounts of one or very few cases of each. With both conditions, nosologists have been in dispute as to whether the syndrome is a description of specific bizarre symptoms occurring in the context of another psychosis or is a distinct entity.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 123 , Issue 577 , December 1973 , pp. 635 - 637
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1973 

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