Abstract
For over 50 years, Capgras' syndrome (Capgras & Reboul-Lachaux, 1923) was considered a psychiatric curiosity, fit only for inclusion among other ‘rarities’ in psychiatric textbooks and explicable only in psychodynamic terms. In the last few years, however, the number of publications on the topic has increased enormously, and three solid facts have emerged which give a clue to its nature. In this article, I shall discuss these three facts and, in the light of them, propose a psychological and neuropsychological explanation for the syndrome.
Publisher
Royal College of Psychiatrists
Subject
Psychiatry and Mental health
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