The Daughter as the Principal “Double” in a Capgras’ Syndrome: Psychodynamic Correlates
Abstract
In a case of Capgras’ syndrome the primary double is usually the spouse. In the described case, the patient chose as a double her pregnant 15-year-old daughter even though her spouse and four other children lived with her. A psychodynamic explanation for this choice is offered within the mechanism of the “ambivalence theory.”
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