Communication and reality in the Capgras syndrome.
The study of a case of Capgras syndrome with striking clinical features illuminates the reality elements, affective conflicts, and cognitive processes that go into forming this specific delusion; and raises questions about the nosologic uniqueness of the entity. The meaning of the syndrome as a communication about an altered reality is highlighted.
D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect; D003071:Cognition; D003702:Delusions / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008960:Models, Psychological; D011613:Psychotherapy; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D012563:Schizophrenia, Paranoid / Q000150:complications; D012649:Self Concept; D013577:Syndrome