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Capgras Syndrome
DescriptionCapgras syndrome is a disorder in which a person delusional belief that a friend,spouse, parent or other close family member, has been replaced by others (cheater).Capgras syndrome is classified as a delusional misidentification syndrome, adelusional belief involving misidentifikasi person, place or object. This syndrome canoccur in acute, temporary, or chronic.Additional knowledge, this syndrome is the name taken from its inventor, Jean MarieJoseph Capgras, the French psychiatrist.SymptomsPatients have the wrong belief of people in surrounding areasTreatmentPsychological therapy is considered the best treatment for this syndrome p0enderita.It takes perseverance to build a therapeutic empathy without fighting the wrong assumption of the patient.