title: [Psychiatric doppelganger phenomena with special consideration of the Capgras syndrome]  .
abstract: The present paper classifies and analyzes the experience of the "double" in depth. Main focus is on the Capgras experience--certainly the best known phenomenon of the double--and its possible etiology is examined. Moreover, a few other delusional experiences of mis-identification of person are also considered, such as the Frégoli phenomenon, the syndrome of subjective doubles, intermetamorphosis as well as other variants described in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Zentrum für Psychiatrie, Psychotherapie und Neurologie, Rhein-Mosel-Fachklinik Andernach. D.Arenz@t-online.de
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Arenz
mesh_terms: D002194:Capgras Syndrome / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology*; D003702:Delusions / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans