RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 The Dangerousness of Persons with Misidentification Syndromes
JF Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online
JO J Am Acad Psychiatry Law
FD American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
SP 77
OP 86
VO 20
IS 1
A1 Silva, J. Arturo
A1 Leong, Gregory B.
A1 Weinstock, Robert
YR 1992
UL http://jaapl.org/content/20/1/77.abstract
AB The central feature of misidentification syndromes is the presence of a delusion in which either the identity of the self or other persons is misrecognized. Recent psychiatric case reports have noted the dangerousness posed by persons with misidentification delusions. The authors report on a series of 29 individuals whose delusional misidentification was associated with aggressive behaviors. Important parameters which may assist in defining this sample of dangerous delusional misidentification syndrome persons are discussed.