Capgras Syndrome Responding to the Antidepressant Mirtazapine

Author: Khouzam Hani Raoul

Source: Comprehensive Therapy, Volume 28, Number 3, September 2002 , pp. 238-240(3)

Abstract:

A new onset of Capgras syndrome, delusional misidentification, developed in an elderly gentleman. Treatment with the antidepressant mirtazapine led to the remission. Suggestions are made for both dynamic and medical bases for Capgras syndrome and possible antipsychotic effects of mirtazapine.

Document Type: Miscellaneous

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