
Capgras Syndrome in Dementia: Are You a Pretender or the 'Real Mary'?
Delusions can affect people with dementia — causing individuals to believe loved ones have been swapped for impostors.
July 20, 2016 7:00 AM
Dr. Susan M. Maixner is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry in the University of Michigan School of Medicine, Director of the U-M Geropsychiatry Program and Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship, and a member of the UMHS Program for Positive Aging. Her clinical interests are in the behavioral and psychiatric symptoms in dementia, palliative medicine, and geriatric mental and cognitive health education.
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Delusions can affect people with dementia — causing individuals to believe loved ones have been swapped for impostors.
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