Title of article
A REPORT OF CAPGRAS SYNDROME WITH BELIEF IN REPLACEMENT OF INANIMATE OBJECTS IN A PATIENT WHO SUFFERED FROM GRANDMAL EPILEPSY
Author/Authors
Alireza Ghaffari-Nejad?، نويسنده , , Khatereh Toofani، نويسنده ,
Issue Information
فصلنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2005
Pages
3
From page
141
To page
143
Abstract
Capgras syndrome is one of the delusional misidentification syndromes, in which the patient believes that familiar persons are replaced by a double. In this case report, a middle-aged woman with a long time history of grandmal epilepsy has been reported. She believed that her sons replaced her possessions and furniture continuously. Replacement of inanimate objects was considered as a rare variant of Capgras syndrome in recent years. The patient’s history is discussed from different points of view.
Keywords
Capgras syndrome , grandmal epilepsy , inanimate objects
Journal title
Archives of Iranian Medicine
Serial Year
2005
Journal title
Archives of Iranian Medicine
Record number
662632
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