Mirror self-misrecognition in dementia: caring about the person's identity

Stephan Eyer
2021 SCIREA journal of clinical medicine  
Objectives and Design -This case report describes the disturbing symptom of mirror selfmisperception, a delusion known as Capgras syndrome. Setting and Participant -A video recording captures the confusion of a demented patient who does not recognize himself in his reflected image, and instead perceives that he is looking at an identical "twin brother".
doi:10.54647/cm32550 fatcat:d5z7tn7mzzd6be4zmx4ysruhzm