Clonal pluralization of self, relatives and others. 2007

Sanjeev Ranjan, and Prabha S Chandra, and Arun K Gupta, and Santosh Prabhu
Department of Psychiatry, Lyell McEwin Hospital, Elizabeth Vale, South Australia, Australia. esarsingh@yahoo.co.in

Delusional misidentification syndromes are a fascinating aspect of the psychopathology of psychotic patients. Recent psychiatric literature has mentioned a new variant of misidentification syndrome. Termed 'clonal pluralization', it differs from the typical misidentification syndromes. Essentially, the basic assumption of clonal pluralization is the belief that there are many physically and psychologically identical copies of a given original. This report presents a patient with schizophrenia who believed in triplicate copies of herself and others.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007398 Interpersonal Relations The reciprocal interaction of two or more persons. Social Relationships,Husband-Wife Communication,Partner Communication,Communication, Husband-Wife,Communication, Partner,Husband Wife Communication,Husband-Wife Communications,Interpersonal Relation,Partner Communications,Relation, Interpersonal,Relationship, Social,Social Relationship
D002194 Capgras Syndrome A psychotic disorder characterized by the patient's belief that acquaintances or closely related persons have been replaced by doubles or imposters. Syndrome, Capgras
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D012565 Schizophrenic Psychology Study of mental processes and behavior of schizophrenics. Psychology, Schizophrenic

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