Delusional misidentification syndromes and dangerousness

Psychopathology. 1994;27(3-5):215-9. doi: 10.1159/000284872.

Abstract

Dangerousness in the delusional misidentification syndromes is studied by reviewing a sample of 82 cases defined by either verbal threats or physical violence caused by misidentification delusion. Eighty cases were obtained from a review of the anglophone psychiatric literature in which the patients exhibited some degree of dangerousness, to which we added 2 previously unreported cases.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Capgras Syndrome / diagnosis
  • Capgras Syndrome / psychology*
  • Dangerous Behavior*
  • Delusions / diagnosis
  • Delusions / psychology*
  • Female
  • Homicide / psychology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
  • Risk Factors
  • Schizophrenia, Paranoid / diagnosis
  • Schizophrenia, Paranoid / psychology
  • Violence