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Capgras Syndrome in Association with Lithium Toxicity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Bala Canagasabey  and
Cornelius L. E. Katona
Bala Canagasabey
Affiliation:
Brentry Hospital, Bristol
Cornelius L. E. Katona*
Affiliation:
University College and Middlesex School of Medicine, Wolfson Building, Middlesex Hospital, London W1N 8AA
*
∗Correspondence
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Abstract

Capgras syndrome in association with lithium toxicity is described in a 74–year-old woman. Lithium toxicity should be considered when new delusions occur during lithium therapy.

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Brief Reports
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 159 , Issue 6 , December 1991 , pp. 879 - 881
Copyright
Copyright © 1991 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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