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Capgras' Syndrome and Folie à Deux Involving Mother and Child

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

J. Hart  and
G. M. G. McClure
J. Hart
Affiliation:
Department of Child Psychiatry
G. M. G. McClure
Affiliation:
Westminster Children's Hospital, Vincent Square, London SW1
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Abstract

A mother and her son shared delusional beliefs that doubles of themselves existed and that they were being harassed by the police and social and educational services. The nature of these ‘double double’ symptoms is discussed.

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Brief Reports
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 154 , Issue 4 , April 1989 , pp. 552 - 554
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1989 

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