The syndrome of Capgras.
In eleven patients with the syndrome of Capgras, the clinical data and the results of electroencephalographic, echoencephalographic, air-encephalographic, psychological and brain-scanning investigations are presented and discussed. All patients were psychotic: six were schizophrenic, four were depressive and one suffered from an organic psychosis. A paranoid element was marked in all cases. The present evidence supports the view that organic factors are important in the pathogenesis of Capgras' syndrome.
D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D003702:Delusions; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011581:Psychological Tests; D011618:Psychotic Disorders; D013577:Syndrome