psychiatric
Capgras delusion
Capgras delusion or Capgras (CS) is a disorder in which a person holds a delusion that a friend, spouse, parent, other close family member, or pet has been replaced by an identical impostor. It is named after Joseph Capgras (1873–1950), the French psychiatrist who first described the disorder.
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Symptoms — what it feels like
- ·Delusion that familiar people or pets have been replaced by identical imposters; aggression with the person suspected as an imposter
Causes — why it happens
- ·Uncertain; exacerbated by head injury
Prevention
- ·Unknown
Treatment
- ·No cure; therapy generally used
Complications
- ·Violence, homicide
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