Joseph Capgras
Joseph Capgras | |
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| Born | 23 August 1873 Verdun-sur-Garonne, France |
| Died | 27 January 1950 (aged 76) Paris, France |
| Known for | Discovery of and research on the Capgras delusion |
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| Fields | Medicine Psychiatry |
Jean Marie Joseph Capgras (23 August 1873 – 27 January 1950) was a French psychiatrist who is best known for the Capgras delusion, a disorder he discovered.
He received his medical degree in Toulouse, later working in several mental institutions in France, although these duties were interrupted by the Great War. In 1929-1936, he was associated with Hôpital Sainte-Anne where he remained until his retierment.[1][2]
With his mentor, Paul Sérieux (1864–1947), he contributed on psychiatric publications such as Les Folies raisonnantes (1909) ("The Reasoning of Follies)"[3]) and Les Psychoses à base d'interprétations délirantes (1902) (“Psychoses Based on Delusional Interpretations”).[4] With Sérieux, he described a type of non-schizophrenic, paranoid psychosis referred to as Delerium of Interpretation with Serieux and Capgras[5].
Capgras delusion was described in 1923 in a study published by Capgras and his intern Jean Reboul-Lachaux, titled L'illusion des "sosies" (the illusion of doubles[6]) dans un délire systématisé chronique. This disorder is defined as a delusion that a close relative or friend has been replaced by an impostor. In 1931 Capgras was appointed the president of the Société Médico-Psychologique (The Medical-Psychological Society) for his case studies and journal articles. While in this role, he was able to reunite two branches that had separated 25 years earlier.[7]
Notes
[edit]- ^ https://litfl.com/joseph-capgras/
- ^ The Clinical Roots of the Schizophrenia Concept by John Cutting, p. 168.
- ^ Luauté, Jean-Pierre (2012-12-01). "Joseph Capgras (1873–1950). Sa vie, son œuvre". Annales Médico-psychologiques, revue psychiatrique (in French). 170 (10): 748–756. doi:10.1016/j.amp.2012.10.001. ISSN 0003-4487.
- ^ IDREF.fr (publications)
- ^ http://psychiatrie.histoire.free.fr/pers/bio/capgras.htm
- ^ "Capgras syndrome". Oxford Reference. Retrieved 2020-11-24.
- ^ Capgras' delusion at Who Named It
References
[edit]- Postel J, Allen DF. Joseph Capgras (1873-1950). Psychopathology 1994;27:121–122, doi:10.1159/000284857.
- Sérieux P, Capgras J, Les Folies rasonnantes, J.-F. Alcan, 1909.
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