title: Clinical picture and treatment implication in a child with Capgras syndrome: a case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Capgras syndrome is a delusional misidentification syndrome characterized by the patient's belief that his or her relatives have been replaced by impostors.
  
  
  METHODS
  Here we describe the clinical picture and the therapeutic approach to an 11-year-old Caucasian girl with Capgras syndrome. A complete psychopathological assessment was conducted during the acute phase, at one month, two months and six months since diagnosis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Subsequent follow-up evaluations in this patient allowed us to detect improvements in the psychotic symptoms following treatment with risperidone and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, suggesting that this combined therapy may significantly improve the clinical outcome in patients who have Capgras syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Child Neuropsychiatry Unit, Department of Neuroscience, I,R,C,C,S, Children's Hospital Bambino Gesù, Rome, Italy. gigimazzone@yahoo.it.
authors.forename: Luigi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mazzone
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Armando
authors.forename: Franco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: De Crescenzo
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Demaria
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Valeri
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vicari