The misidentification of Clerambault's and Kandinsky-Clerambault's syndromes.
Eponymic terms or eponyms are labels describing phenomena that reflect the name(s) of the person(s) who first described the phenomena. Using a similar term to describe different forms of pathology leads to a muddle. In this paper, we describe "Clerambault's syndrome" and "Kandinsky-Clerambault's syndrome" and discuss and clarify the confusion surrounding these different syndromes.
Lerner
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Mental Health Center, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Be'er-Sheva, Israel. lernervld@yahoo.com
Kaptsan
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Witztum
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D001332:Automatism / Q000266:history*; D004850:Eponyms; D005602:France; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D019965:Neurocognitive Disorders / Q000266:history*; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000266:history; D012426:Russia; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000523:psychology*