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Capgras delusion and Delusion

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Difference between Capgras delusion and Delusion

Capgras delusion vs. Delusion

Capgras delusion is a psychiatric disorder in which a person holds a delusion that a friend, spouse, parent, or other close family member (or pet) has been replaced by an identical impostor. A delusion is a mistaken belief that is held with strong conviction even in the presence of superior evidence to the contrary.

Similarities between Capgras delusion and Delusion

Capgras delusion and Delusion have 5 things in common (in Unionpedia): Cotard delusion, Delusional misidentification syndrome, Monothematic delusion, Psychiatry, Reduplicative paramnesia.

Cotard delusion

Cotard delusion is a rare mental illness in which the affected person holds the delusional belief that they are already dead, do not exist, are putrefying, or have lost their blood or internal organs.

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Delusional misidentification syndrome

Delusional misidentification syndrome is an umbrella term, introduced by Christodoulou (in his book The Delusional Misidentification Syndromes, Karger, Basel, 1986) for a group of delusional disorders that occur in the context of mental and neurological illness.

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Monothematic delusion

A monothematic delusion is a delusional state that concerns only one particular topic.

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Psychiatry

Psychiatry is the medical specialty devoted to the diagnosis, prevention and treatment of mental disorders.

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Reduplicative paramnesia

Reduplicative paramnesia is the delusional belief that a place or location has been duplicated, existing in two or more places simultaneously, or that it has been 'relocated' to another site.

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Capgras delusion and Delusion Comparison

Capgras delusion has 50 relations, while Delusion has 93. As they have in common 5, the Jaccard index is 3.50% = 5 / (50 + 93).

References

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