Capgras syndrome: clinical features

Evidence-based neurology checklist on capgras syndrome: clinical features: Pathology This is the delusion that a close person has been replaced by an impostor It results from the impairment of the emotional and autonomic response to familiar faces It is caused by disconnection of brain areas It…

Pathology

  • This is the delusion that a close person has been replaced by an impostor
  • It results from the impairment of the emotional and autonomic response to familiar faces
  • It is caused by disconnection of brain areas
  • It may be associated with other delusions
  • The subject may offer justifications for the delusion

Disconnected areas

People frequently presumed to be replaced

Variations of affected replaced people or places

Associated hallucinations

Synonyms

References

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  4. Bell V, Marshall C, Kanji Z, Wilkinson S, Halligan P, Deeley Q. Uncovering Capgras delusion using a large-scale medical records database. BJPsych Open 2017; 3:179-185. 
  5. Diard-Detoeuf C, Desmidt T, Mondon K, Graux J. A case of Capgras syndrome with one's own reflected image in a mirror. Neurocase 2016; 22:168-169.
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