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Capgrass delusion or syndrome is a specific form of delusional misidentification syndromes, which described by the assumption of the patient, that someone or somebody in their social sphere had been replaced by an identical impostor. The replacement usually happens in the case of friends, parnets and spouses, while in some cases pets are being involved. In our presentation we will introduce the case of a young female client from the psychiatry ward, who believed that her romantic partner's soul somehow replaced her dog's soul, and after this process they watch and check her everyday routine. Differential diagnostic consdieration will be presented, with special attention to neurocognitive involvement, psychodiagnostic challenges and (pharmaco)therapeutic options. As we will se, personality organization and possible characteropathic features serve as important sources of the interpretation of this special symptom. Our aim is to provide a novel contribution to the clincial psychology of the understanding of delusional disorders.
| Are you currently an Early Career Researcher? | Yes, I am within 6 years of receiving my Ph.D. |
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