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
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
Journal title :
Archives of Iranian Medicine