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Co-Existence of Incubus and Capgras Syndromes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Atul C. Pande
Atul C. Pande*
Affiliation:
University Hospital of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica
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Since de Clérambault (1920) described the syndrome of erotomania, there have been several reports in the literature amplifying various aspects of the condition. However, it was only recently that Raschka (1979) reported two cases of what he labelled the ‘incubus syndrome‘. This syndrome is a variant of erotomania and the feature central to it is a delusion of imposed intercourse with an imaginary lover during one's sleep.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 139 , Issue 5 , November 1981 , pp. 469 - 470
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1981 

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