Int J Psychiatry Clin Pract. 2001;5(1):75-6. doi: 10.1080/136515001300225240.
International journal of psychiatry in clinical practice
A A Nabi
PMID: 24937003 DOI: 10.1080/136515001300225240
The co-occurrence of Diogenes and Capgras syndromes, both unusual in themselves, would be expected to be rare. A MEDLINE search using the terms Diogenes, Capgras, self-neglect and domestic squalor revealed no previous reports of this combination of disorders. Both conditions are somewhat dubiously named as ¤ syndromes' when in fact they are probably no more than symptoms with different causes. Of particular interest in this case is the exacerbation of the self-neglect, characteristic of the Diogenes syndrome, by the delusional misidentification which marks the Capgras syndrome; as well as the reinforcement of the previously recognised association with frontal lobe pathology. The role of medication, though limited, is described. ( Int J Psych Clin Pract 2001; 5:75-76).
Keywords: Diogenes Olanzapine Capgras
