title: Capgras syndrome presenting in an adolescent girl in the Caribbean.
abstract: The case of a 16-year old Jamaican girl who presented to the psychiatric service of a general hospital with features of Capgras syndrome is presented. Her history, treatment, progress and relevant psychodynamic and neurocognitive issues are explored. This is the first known published case of an adolescent with Capgras syndrome from the Caribbean. The case highlights that the syndrome may occur in different cultural contexts and that clinicians should be sensitive to its existence in order to avert under-diagnosis or misdiagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Health and Psychiatry, The University of the West Indies, Kingston 7, Jamaica. roger.gibson02@uwimona.edu.jm
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Gibson
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Lowe
authors.forename: K A D
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Morgan
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Henryl
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: De La Haye
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Irons
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000928:Antidepressive Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D001569:Benzodiazepines / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D002194:Capgras Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000523:psychology; D017691:Caribbean Region; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D003987:Dibenzothiazepines / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005195:Family Relations; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D000077152:Olanzapine; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D000069348:Quetiapine Fumarate; D012074:Remission Induction; D020280:Sertraline / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D059020:Suicidal Ideation; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000928:Antidepressive Agents; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents; D003987:Dibenzothiazepines; D001569:Benzodiazepines; D000069348:Quetiapine Fumarate; D000077152:Olanzapine; D020280:Sertraline