title: The daughter as the principal "double" in a Capgras' syndrome: psychodynamic correlates.
abstract: In a case of Capgras' syndrome the primary double is usually the spouse. In the described case, the patient chose as a double her pregnant 15-year-old daughter even though her spouse and four other children lived with her. A psychodynamic explanation for this choice is offered within the mechanism of the "ambivalence theory."
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology; D002194:Capgras Syndrome / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000523:psychology*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006220:Haloperidol / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D011247:Pregnancy; D011613:Psychotherapy; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D014754:Violence
chemical_list: D006220:Haloperidol