The antichrist delusion as a dangerous misidentification state

American Journal of Forensic Psychiatry

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 55-63

  Silva, J Arturo ^a,b   Leong, Gregory B ^c   Tekell, Janet L ^a,b   Brannan, Stephen K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b SOUTH TEXAS VETERANS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c University of Missouri   (United States)

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