ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Page Count: 4

Dangerous Delusions of Misidentification of the Self
Leong, GB
Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, University of California, California

Penny, G
Resident in Psychiatry, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio,

Silva, JA
Associate Professor of Psychiatry, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Texas

Weinstock, R
Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, University of California, California

(Received 14 October 1994; accepted 16 December 1994)

Abstract

Delusions of misidentification of the self involve radical misidentification of physical and/or psychological aspects of the self. These delusions have received limited attention from a phenomenological as well as from a forensic psychiatric perspective. In this article we present a series of four cases of dangerous delusional misidentification of the self and discuss important factors that may contribute to their dangerousness.

Keywords:
psychiatry, psychosis, delusions, delusional misidentification, aggression, violence, dangerousness

Paper ID: JFS13827J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS13827J
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