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Capgras Syndrome: a Case Report from Zimbabwe

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

S. Chawla ,
T. Buchan  and
N. Galen
S. Chawla*
Affiliation:
University of Zimbabwe
T. Buchan
Affiliation:
District General Hospital, Grimsby (University of Zimbabwe)
N. Galen
Affiliation:
Psychiatry Department, University of Zimbabwe
*
Department of Psychiatry, Godfrey Higgins School of Medicine, PO Box A178, Avondale, Harare, Zimbabwe
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Abstract

A case of Capgras syndrome in a black Zimbabwean patient is described. The syndrome occurs in the setting of a schizophrenic illness, but psychodynamic factors are readily identified despite the patient's different cultural background.

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Brief Reports
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 151 , Issue 2 , August 1987 , pp. 254 - 256
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1987 

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