Approaching delusional misidentification syndromes as a disorder of the sense of uniqueness

Psychopathology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 261-268

  Margariti, Maria M ^a   Kontaxakis, Vassilis P ^a  

^a NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Capgras syndrome; Delusional misidentification syndromes; Face recognition; Fregoli syndrome; Identity; Sense of uniqueness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DELUSIONAL MISIDENTIFICATION; DENIAL; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISORDER OF THE SENSE OF UNIQUENESS; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDENTITY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOSIS; SELF CONCEPT;

ADULT; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; CAPGRAS SYNDROME; DELUSIONS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SCHIZOPHRENIA, PARANOID; SELF CONCEPT; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 33749322291     PISSN: 02544962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000095730     Document Type: Article

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