- Capgras syndrome
- a form of delusional misidentification in which the patient believes that other persons in the environment are not their real selves but doubles. Cf. Frйgoli phenomenon.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
Capgras syndrome
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Capgras' syndrome — Also known as Capgras syndrome, Capgras syndrome for persons, Capgras delusion, illusion des sosies, illusion of doubles, and illusion of false recognition. The eponym Capgras syndrome refers to the French psychiatrist Jean Marie Joseph… … Dictionary of Hallucinations
Capgras syndrome for persons — see Capgras syndrome … Dictionary of Hallucinations
Capgras syndrome — Cap·gras syndrome (kahp grahґ) [Jean Marie Joseph Capgras, French psychiatrist, 1873–1950] see under syndrome … Medical dictionary
Capgras' syndrome — (illusion of doubles) the delusion that a person closely involved with the patient has been replaced by an identical looking impostor. It is often, but not necessarily, a form of paranoid schizophrenia. J. M. J. Capgras (1873 1950), French… … Medical dictionary
Capgras' syndrome — illusion of doubles the delusion that a person closely involved with the patient has been replaced by an identical looking impostor. It is often, but not necessarily, a symptom of paranoid schizophrenia. [M. J. Capgras (1873–1950), French… … The new mediacal dictionary
Capgras syndrome for the mirror image — see mirror sign … Dictionary of Hallucinations
Capgras delusion — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = DiseasesDB = 32606 ICD10 = ICD9 = ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = eMedicineTopic = MeshID = D002194 The Capgras delusion (or Capgras syndrome) is a rare disorder in which a person holds a… … Wikipedia
Syndrome of subjective doubles — The syndrome of subjective doubles is a rare delusional misidentification syndrome in which a person suffers from the delusion that he or she has a double or doppelganger with the same appearance, but usually with different character traits and… … Wikipedia
Capgras-Syndrom — Klassifikation nach ICD 10 F22 Wahnsyndrom mit Personenverkennung im Sinne der Doppelgänger Illusion … Deutsch Wikipedia
Capgras delusion — noun A delusion in which the sufferer believes that a friend, spouse or family member has been replaced by an identical looking impostor. Syn: Capgras syndrome … Wiktionary
