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Capgras syndrome
Capgras syndrome[′käp·grəz ‚sin‚drōm] (psychology) A delusional misidentification syndrome commonly seen in schizophrenia that causes the individual to replace a familiar person (usually the spouse) with an impostor with the same or similar physical appearance. Capgras syndrome
Cap·gras syn·drome (kăh'grah), the delusional belief that a person (or people) close to the schizophrenic patient has been substituted for by one or more impostors; may have an organic etiology. Synonym(s): Capgras phenomenon, illusion of doublesThe delusion that family, friends and others have been replaced by imposters. It typically follows the development of negative feelings toward the other person that the subject cannot accept and attributes, instead, to the imposter. The syndrome has been reported in paranoid schizophrenia and, even more frequently, in organic brain diseaseCap·gras syn·drome (kah'grah sin'drōm) The delusional belief that a person (or people) close to the schizophrenic patient has been substituted for by one or more impostors; may have an organic etiology. Capgras, Jean Marie Joseph, French psychiatrist, 1873-1950. Capgras phenomenon - Synonym(s): Capgras syndromeCapgras syndrome - the delusional belief that a person close to the schizophrenic patient has been replaced by an impostor. Synonym(s): Capgras phenomenon; illusion of doubles |