delusional disorders

Question 1

Capgras Delusion

Answer 1

1. The Echo Maker, a 2006 novel in which the main character has Capgras delusion
2. In 2011 the fictional Navy SEAL Luke Dolan in the 3rd episode (“Dorado Falls”) of season 7 of Criminal Minds (episode 141 overall) is diagnosed with this syndrome as a result of a car accident.
3. Delusion where patient feels someone has been replaced by an imposter

Question 2

Fregoli Delusion

Answer 2

1. Patient holds a delusional belief that different people are in fact a single person who changes appearance or is in disguise
2. ? lesions in the right temporal lobe and the fusiform gyrus

Question 3

Lycanthropy

Answer 3

The delusion that one is a werewolf

Question 4

Vampirism

Answer 4

The delusion that one is a vampire

Question 5

Psychopathic Cannibalism

Answer 5

1. Antisocial personality, psychopathy, sociopathy

2. With delusions…

Question 6

Cotard’s Delusion

Answer 6

Vs depersonalization-derealization disorder
feeling disconnected from one’s physicality; feeling as though one is not completely occupying the body; not feeling in control of one’s speech or physical movements; feeling detached from one’s own thoughts or emotions; a sense of automation, going through the motions of life but not experiencing it or participating in it; loss of conviction with one’s identity; feeling a disconnection from one’s body; inability to accept one’s reflection as one’s own; difficulty relating oneself to reality and the environment; feeling as though one is in a dream; and out-of-body experiences. Depersonalization is described as suffering from episodes of surreal experiences
Cotard’s- the delusion that one is dead, do not exist, missing organs

Question 7

Morgellons/Delusional Parasitosis

Answer 7

1. Somatic delusion/ Paranoid delusion

2. Patient believes they are infested, can see and often see or feel parasites in or on them