Autore
Cardella, Valentina

Titolo
Who Are You, My Loved One? Capgras Delusion in Schizophrenia
Periodico
Reti, saperi, linguaggi
Anno: 2024 - Volume: 21 - Fascicolo: 2 - Pagina iniziale: 319 - Pagina finale: 329

In the last decades, Capgras syndrome, also known as delusion of doubles, have received wide attention from psychiatrists, neuropsychologists, and philosophers. It can be considered a model case in which the mechanisms of delusion formation and maintenance are particularly evident, since it is typically a very limited, i.e., monothematic, delusion. The syndrome can occur in both organic and functional disorders. In this paper I will focus on Capgras delusion in schizophrenia. My claim is that Capgras syndrome, when occurring in this mental disorder, takes on qualitatively different connotations because it fits into a framework characterized by a pre-existing loss of familiarity. This characteristic of schizophrenia makes this mental disorder particularly amenable for delusions of misidentification such as Capgras syndrome



SICI: 2279-7777(2024)21:2<319:WAYMLO>2.0.ZU;2-5
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