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Mental Health Support

Nay

(12,051 posts) Tue Dec 4, 2012, 01:12 PM Dec 2012

Question: What is the official psychiatric name for the disorder that makes a person think their

husband/wife/father/mother/kids aren't their REAL relatives, but exact duplicates who have replaced the real ones? I've googled without success. Thank you in advance!

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Question: What is the official psychiatric name for the disorder that makes a person think their (Original Post) Nay Dec 2012 OP

Capgras syndrome ?... PoliticAverse Dec 2012 #1

Thank you!! That's it! I was reading another DU thread about the 'bag lady' who shot and killed Nay Dec 2012 #2

The two people I have known/seen that said those things were both Care Acutely Dec 2012 #3

According to Wikipedia, the delusion can be induced by ketamine, so it made me start wondering Nay Dec 2012 #4

PoliticAverse

(26,366 posts)

1. Capgras syndrome ?...

Reply to Nay (Original post)

Tue Dec 4, 2012, 01:18 PM

Dec 2012

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capgras_delusion

http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Capgras+syndrome

Nay

(12,051 posts)

2. Thank you!! That's it! I was reading another DU thread about the 'bag lady' who shot and killed

Reply to PoliticAverse (Reply #1)

Tue Dec 4, 2012, 02:22 PM

Dec 2012

that CIA financier, and it mentioned that she thought some of her relatives were 'fake.' The article did not mention the name of this delusion, and it has been nagging at me.

Thanks again!

Care Acutely

(1,370 posts)

3. The two people I have known/seen that said those things were both

Reply to Nay (Original post)

Tue Dec 4, 2012, 09:41 PM

Dec 2012

affected with paranoid schizophrenia.

edit for clarity, kind of

Nay

(12,051 posts)

4. According to Wikipedia, the delusion can be induced by ketamine, so it made me start wondering

Reply to Care Acutely (Reply #3)

Wed Dec 5, 2012, 02:03 AM

Dec 2012

if the 'bag lady' was drugged up by someone in addition to being fairly crazy all by herself.

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