Capgras syndrome
Capgras syndrome: uncommon syndrome in which a patient has a delusional belief that a person, usually a family member or friend, has been replaced by an imposter.
Category Psychiatry
Joseph Capgras
French psychiatrist, Jean Marie Joseph Capgras (1873-1950) best known for his description 'syndrome d’illusion des sosies', Capgras syndrome in 1923
Jules Cotard
Jules Cotard (1840 - 1889) was a French neurologist and psychiatrist. Délire de négations - Cotard Syndrome (1882)
Étienne Esquirol
Biography Born 3 February 1772 Died 12 December 1840 Medical Eponyms Key Medical Attributions Major Publications Esquirol E. Des maladies mentales: considérées sous les rapports médical, hygiénique et médico-legal. 1838 [Tome II] Controversies References Bibliography. Jean Étienne Dominique Esquirol (1772…
Ekbom syndrome II
Ekbom syndrome or delusional parasitosis is characterised by delusions, symptoms of formication and signs such as self-mutilation or the matchbox-sign
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Psychiatric illnesses remain among the most mysterious maladies that doctors encounter. This enthralling TED talk by inspiring medical historian and surgeon Sherwin Nuland gives a detailed account of one man's illness.
Sigbert Ganser
Sigbert Josef Maria Ganser (1853 – 1931) was a German psychiatrist. 'Ganser syndrome' an hysterical disorder he first described in 1898
Cotard syndrome
Cotard syndrome: A rare condition characterized by nihilistic delusions, where a patient believes that they are dead, have missing organs, or have decaying or failing body parts.
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Jean Pierre Falret
Jean-Pierre Falret (1794 - 1870) was a French psychiatrist. Falret studied depression and suicide for 32 years and recorded cycles of depression and of elation which he named maladie circulaire and which is more commonly termed bipolar disorder
Jules Falret
Jules Philippe Falret (1824 - 1902) was a French psychiatrist. 1877, along with Ernest-Charles Lasègue (1816-1883) first described the concept of Folie à deux, initially termed Lasègue-Falret syndrome.
Karl-Axel Ekbom
Karl-Axel Ekbom (1907-1977) Swedish neurologist. Eponym: Willis-Ekbom syndrome (Restless leg syndrome); Ekbom Syndrome II (Delusion of parasitosis)