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Delusional Gross Replacement of Inanimate Objects

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Pura M. Castillo  and
Carol W. Berman
Pura M. Castillo
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, New York University Medical Center, 550 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA
Carol W. Berman*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, New York University Medical Center, 550 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA
*
∗866 United Nations Plaza, Suite 473, New York, NY 10017, USA
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Abstract

Three cases of a misidentification syndrome are presented. In this syndrome, which may be Capgras' or a new syndrome that we refer to as delusional gross replacement of inanimate objects, patients believe that their new possessions are replaced by inferior copies of the original objects by identified individuals. The patients believe that these individuals want to enhance themselves at the patients' expense, and feel persecuted by them.

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Short Papers
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 164 , Issue 5 , May 1994 , pp. 693 - 696
Copyright
Copyright © 1994 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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