This syndrome is named after Jean Marie Joseph Capgras, a French psychiatrist. (alleydog.com)
The bizarre misperception of body doubles is named after French psychiatrist Jean Marie Joseph Capgras, who in 1923 with colleague Jean Reboul-Lachaux described the case of a Madame M. The woman insisted that identical-looking persons had taken the place of her family. (scientificamerican.com)
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The following case describes a patient who has been diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder along with multiple delusional misidentification syndromes (subjective doubles, Capgras delusion, intermetamorphosis): Taken from Silva et al. (wikipedia.org)
Capgras syndrome is also referred to as impostor syndrome or Capgras delusion. (alleydog.com)
The proper name for such a condition is Capgras delusion syndrome, with 'delusion' implying an incorrect assessment of a correct perception. (scientificamerican.com)
Capgras syndrome is characterized by a delusion of impostors who are thought to be physically similar but psychologically distinct from the misidentified person. (keyopinionleaders.com)
Capgras syndrome, the delusion that identical-appearing impostors have replaced familiar people, is an unusual phenomenon usually seen in schizophrenia or dementia. (keyopinionleaders.com)
Delusional misidentification1
Often, co-occurrence of subjective doubles with other types of delusional misidentification syndromes, especially Capgras syndrome, also occurs. (wikipedia.org)
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Capgras and his intern, Jean Reboul-Lachaux, described the disorder in a study which was published in 1923. (alleydog.com)
The Capgras syndrome was first described as an 'illusionf doubles' in 1923 by two French psychiatrists, Capgras and Reboul-Lachaux. (keyopinionleaders.com)
Capgras syndrome is relatively rare, but the symptoms clearly demonstrate that our internal image of the external world is not a one-to-one mapping of the sights and sounds our eyes and ears take in. (scientificamerican.com)
These cases differ, however, from so-called monothematic delusions, such as Capgras syndrome, which focus on a single topic and are often considerably longer lived [ see box on page 62 ]. (scientificamerican.com)
BACKGROUND: Capgras syndrome is characterized by the recurrent, transient belief that a person has been replaced by an identical imposter. (keyopinionleaders.com)
The crude prevalence of Capgras syndrome in the acute psychiatric ward was 2.5% (1.3% for men and 3.4% for women), which is not uncommon. (keyopinionleaders.com)
Capgras syndrome consists of the delusional belief that a person or persons have been replaced by doubles or impostors. (keyopinionleaders.com)
Capgras syndrome is an uncommon psychological disorder in which a person believes that their beloved family and friends have been replaced by identical. (keyopinionleaders.com)
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Only the end result adds up to consciousness as we know it, and for Capgras patients this reality looks a lot like the body snatchers film. (scientificamerican.com)