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Coexistence of the Capgras and de Clérambault's Syndromes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 January 2018

J. M. O'Dwyer*
Affiliation:
Carlton Hayes Hospital, Narborough, Leicester, Parkside Hospital, Macclesfield, Cheshire

Abstract

A patient with a paranoid schizophrenic illness showed features of two rare syndromes, Capgras and de Clérambault's.

Type
Brief Reports
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1990 

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