Tintin and the Capgras syndrome

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Dec 1990 English Publisher:Royal College of PsychiatristsJournal:Psychiatric Bulletin, volume 14, pages 705-707 (issn: 0955-6036, eissn: 1472-1473,

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Authors: H. Förstl; R. Howard; O. Almeida; B. Beats; A. Burns; R. Levy;

doi: 10.1192/pb.14.12.705

Tintin and the Capgras syndrome

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Only around 300 cases of the Capgras syndrome have been reported in the medical literature. We report a widely read but scientifically neglected case of a mad scientist who showed this misidentification syndrome with classical and potentially dangerous features. The current literature on the psychopathology and neuropsychology of the Capgras-syndrome is briefly reviewed and discussed in the light of this new case.

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