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Co-existence of the Capgras and Ekbom Syndromes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Jo-Ann McLaughlin  and
Andrew Sims
Jo-Ann McLaughlin*
Affiliation:
High Royds Hospital, Menstort, Ilkley, West Yorks LS29 6AQ
Andrew Sims
Affiliation:
St James's University Hospital, Leeds LS9 7TF
*
∗Correspondence
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Summary

A case is described in which a diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia was made using the criteria of Schneiderian first-rank symptoms. The patient showed the Capgras syndrome, with delusional misidentification of her son and other people in her environment, and also Ekbom's syndrome, with the delusion that she was infested with parasitic worms which migrated between various parts of her body. In this case, the two syndromes are descriptions of a specific delusional content, and occur as part of the psychopathology within a schizophrenic disorder, rather than as distinct disease entities.

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Brief Reports
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 145 , Issue 4 , October 1984 , pp. 439 - 441
Copyright
Copyright © 1984 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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