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

Dangerous Delusional Misidentification and Homicide
Harry, BE
Associate Professor of Psychiatry, University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine, MO

Leong, GB
Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine, MO

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, Los Angeles School of Medicine, CA

(Received 8 November 1995; accepted 22 November 1995)

Abstract

A case involving a delusional misidentification syndrome associated with homicide is presented. The anglophonic literature concerning delusional misidentification and homicide is reviewed. Delusional misidentification may be a risk factor for potential violence toward others, including homicide of a delusionally misidentified person.

Keywords:
forensic science, aggression, violence, intermetamorphosis syndrome, delusions, delusional misidentification syndromes, homicide, psychiatry, forensic psychiatry

Paper ID: JFS13968J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS13968J
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