Joseph Capgras
Jean Marie Joseph Capgras (born August 23, 1873 in Verdun-sur-Garonne , † September 30, 1950 in Dijon ) was a French psychiatrist.
He completed his medical degree in Toulouse . His first publication appeared in 1909. In 1929 he became director of the "Sainte-Anne" psychiatric clinic in Paris. He left this after the Second World War and spent the last years of his life in Dijon, where he suffered a heart attack in 1950 , which ultimately resulted in his death.
Joseph Capgras was the first to describe Capgras Syndrome, which was named after him in 1929 .
Individual evidence
- ^ J. Postel, DF Allen: Joseph Capgras (1873–1950). In: Psychopathology. 27, 1994, pp. 121-122, doi: 10.1159 / 000284857
- ^ Jean Marie Joseph Capgras, Jean Reboul-Lachaux: Illusion des sosies dans un delire systematise chronique. In: Bulletin de la Societe Clinique de Medicine Mental. 2, 1923, pp. 6-16.
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Capgras, Joseph |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Capgras, Jean Marie Joseph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French psychiatrist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 23, 1873 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Verdun-sur-Garonne |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 30, 1950 |
| Place of death | Dijon |