Fregoli syndrome in schizophrenia: about a case report

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Submitted: May 20, 2022
Published: May 31, 2022
DOI: 10.29328/journal.apmh.1001038
Keywords:
Fregoli, Schizophrenia, Delusion, Misidentification
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Salma Hentati
Psychiatric Department “A”, University Hospital Hedi Chaker, Sfax University, Sfax, Tunisia
Rim Masmoudi
Psychiatric Department “A”, University Hospital Hedi Chaker, Sfax University, Sfax, Tunisia
Fatma Guermazi
Psychiatric Department “A”, University Hospital Hedi Chaker, Sfax University, Sfax, Tunisia
Farah Cherif
Psychiatric Department “A”, University Hospital Hedi Chaker, Sfax University, Sfax, Tunisia
Ines Feki
Psychiatric Department “A”, University Hospital Hedi Chaker, Sfax University, Sfax, Tunisia
Imen Baati
Psychiatric Department “A”, University Hospital Hedi Chaker, Sfax University, Sfax, Tunisia
Rim Sallemi
Psychiatric Department “A”, University Hospital Hedi Chaker, Sfax University, Sfax, Tunisia
Jawaher Masmoudi
Psychiatric Department “A”, University Hospital Hedi Chaker, Sfax University, Sfax, Tunisia

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Hentati, S., Masmoudi, R., Guermazi, F., Cherif, F., Feki, I., Baati, I., … Masmoudi, J. (2022). Fregoli syndrome in schizophrenia: about a case report. Archives of Psychiatry and Mental Health, 6(1), 021–022. https://doi.org/10.29328/journal.apmh.1001038
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A Fregoli syndrome, just like Capgras Syndrome, Double Subjective Syndrome, and Inter metamorphosis Syndrome, belongs to the group of delusion misidentification syndromes. It is a rare neuropsychiatric pathology that could affect the brain with repercussions on behavior. It is the belief that a familiar person is disguised as a strange person by taking a different physical appearance but remains the same person psychologically. This entity has heterogonous etiologies, occurring mainly in the setting of organic diseases, affective disorders, or schizophrenia. In this article, we proposed to expose a case of a schizophrenic patient who developed Fregoli syndrome.