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Ganser syndrome after solitary confinement in prison: a short review and a case report
H S Andersen1, D Sestoft, T Lillebaek
1Centre for Crisis and Disaster Psychiatry, Psychiatric Clinic Rigshospitalet, Blegdamsvej 15, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark.
Nordic Journal of Psychiatry
|February 6, 2002
Abstract:
A short review of the Ganser syndrome is given. The condition is a rare, probably dissociative, disorder with transient Vorbeireden as the central symptom. The case of a middle-aged man developing a transient Ganser syndrome after long-term solitary confinement in a remand prison is presented. Systematic investigation of 268 remand prisoners confirms the rarity of the syndrome, as only the case subject had this disorder.
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