Hi Jszelenbaum,
Clonal pluralization (or pluralisation, in the British spelling),
appears to be a classification of delusional misidentification in
which a person has more than one personality that is identical
psychologically and physically to the other in all but one or two
substantive ways (for instance, the person is male, but the
alternative personality is female). Alternatively, it may be
equivalent to Capgras Syndrome, in which a person becomes convinced
that someone else has been replaced by a copy/double/duplicate.
I found two article abstracts in the PubMed MEDLINE database
(www.pubmed.gov) that discuss this clonal pluralization "of the self"
- the first definition given above - in particular:
1: Psychopathology. 2003 Jan-Feb;36(1):46-8.
'Clonal pluralization of the self': a new form of delusional misidentification
syndrome.
Voros V, Tenyi T, Simon M, Trixler M.
The authors present a patient with paranoid schizophrenia, who has the delusion
that he exists in plural numbers. The patient declares these doubles to be both
psychologically and physically completely identical to him, and he believes
'them' to be in fact women. In connection with the case, the authors discuss the
phenomena of reduplicative paramnesia and clonal pluralization, and they suggest
introducing the psychopathological term 'clonal pluralization of the self' for
the reported phenomenon. Copyright 2003 S. Karger AG, Basel
2: Psychopathology. 1998 Nov-Dec;31(6):313-7.
What is meant by "misidentification" in delusional misidentification syndromes?
Comparison between Capgras' syndromes and "clonal pluralization of a person'.
Murai T, Toichi M, Yamagishi H, Sengok u A.
The semantic structure of Capgras' syndrome (CS) was analyzed within the
framework of "the theory of reference" of analytic philosophy to elucidate the
concept of misidentification in delusional misidentification syndromes (DMS).
The close relationship between the semantic structure of CS and the ordinary use
of a proper name, which is not synonymous with the description but has the
function of indicating an object rigidly, is shown. CS is redefined from this
perspective, and a novel misidentification symptom, which we call "clonal
pluralization of a person", is contrasted to CS. Among so-called DMS, there are
at least two types of misidentification with different semantic structures.
While I cannot give you the full text for the articles, you are
welcome to order them for $8 apiece from the National Library of
Medicine's Loansome Doc service
(http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/factsheets/loansome_doc.html).
Both articles refer to Capgras Syndrome, which appears to be a more
broad classification of clonal pluralization "of the self" as
described in the articles. The US National Library of Medicine offers
this definition of Capgras Syndrome: "A psychotic disorder
characterized by the patient's belief that acquaintances or closely
related persons have been replaced by doubles or imposters."
There is a nice description of Capgras Syndrome at Whonamedit.com:
http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/2535.html
I was not able to find clonal personalisation syndrome referenced in
medical dictionaries or encyclopedias available to me at my medical
library, so am assuming that it is a rather new and/or narrow concept.
I hope the above two articles are of use to you. The articles and
websites were found using the Google search engine, with searches for
"clonal (personalization OR personalisation)" and "Capgras Syndrome".
- librariankt |
