Citation

Andersen HS, Sestoft D, Lillebaek T. Nord. J. Psychiatry 2001; 55(3): 199-201.

Affiliation

Centre for Crisis and Disaster Psychiatry, Psychiatric Clinic Rigshospitalet, Blegdamsvej 15, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2001, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/08039480152036083

PMID

11827615

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.

Language: en