ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Page Count: 10

Delusional Misidentification and Dangerousness: A Neurobiologic Hypothesis
Wine, DB
Staff Psychologist, West Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Medical Center, CA

Leong, GB
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of California at Los Angeles School of Medicine, CA

Arturo Silva, J
Associate Professor of Psychiatry, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, TX

Weinstock, R
Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, University of California at Los Angeles School of Medicine, CA

(Received 16 November 1992; accepted 22 January 1993)

Abstract

Delusional misidentification syndromes have intrigued this century's psychiatric researchers. More recently, the dangerousness posed by individuals suffering from these syndromes has been a subject of scientific inquiry. A series of five individuals suffering from delusional misidentification syndromes was studied from a phenomenologic and neuropsychologic perspective. Using this information, a hypothesis involving the psychobiological contributions to the dangerousness of delusional misidentification can be generated. This may further our understanding of the dangerousness posed by psychotic individuals.

Keywords:
forensic psychiatry, dangerousness, mental disorder, schizophrenia, delusional misidentification syndromes, face recognition

Paper ID: JFS13487J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS13487J
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