Capgras Delusion and Alzheimer’s Disease - Part 2 - Alzheimer’s 15

You may read part 1 of this posting:  The Rainbow Before Evening : Capgras Delusion and Alzheimer’s Disease - Part 1 - Alzheimer’s 15

Image - Capgras delusion is identical-looking imposter 

(Roses for illustration)

Her daughter said that she thought her husband who sit next her was somebody else pretending her husband. He look like her husband but he does not her husband. Every day and every night she looks for him and for him desperately.

Her thought about her husband is a delusion. The man sit next was her husband. This delusion is called Capgras delusion or imposter delusion.

The phenomena was described by Jean-Marie Joseph Cargas and his intern Jean Reboul-Lachaux (1923) from the case of 53 year-old woman who believed about the tragedies in her life.

Her first child was abducted and replaced by another baby, and tragically died. The the twin girls were born, one grown and another was abducted, the same case with the first baby, replaced with another baby and died. Then, the twin boys were born, the same case happen for both boy, abducted and finally died.

She also believed that her husband also replaced by another person, Then, she saw the police and all her neighbors were abducted and replaced identical-looking imposter.

Those just her delusion. Four of her children died when they were infant. None abducted and imposter.

For Alzheimer’s disease, the phenomenon of Capgras delusion sometimes presumed as mis-identification or cognitive failure.

# Previous postings:

- The Rainbow Before Evening : The SHIELD is a New Hope to Protect Our Brain – Part 2 - Alzheimer's 10

- The Rainbow Before Evening : Nuts of Pine Trees in the Park – Nature 42

- The Rainbow Before Evening : Fruits with flavored chia in cups – Part 2 – Food 25

- The Rainbow Before Evening : Simple Decorations for Halloween and Thanksgiving around Our Neighborhood

- The Rainbow Before Evening : Do You Know Cashew Milk? – Part 1 - Food 27