Delusional misidentification syndrome is an umbrella term, introduced by Christodoulou (in his book The Delusional Misidentification Syndromes, Karger, Basel, 1986) for a group of four delusional disorders that occur in the context of mental and neurological illness.

2024年12月11日 · Delusional misidentification syndromes (DMSs) are complex, often multifactorial, neuropsychiatric delusions with a plethora of clinical presentations. These DMSs can coexist, oscillate interchangeably, or exist at different times in an individual's lifetime. [1] .

During the past 80 years, delusional misidentification syndromes (DMS), especially the Fregoli and Capgras syndromes, have posed challenges to mental health professionals due to a lack of comprehensive understanding of the syndromes and a lack of effective treatment.

2022年10月1日 · Patients with delusional misidentification syndromes (DMS) are some of the most fascinating patients you’ll treat in your career. These syndromes are defined as psychotic phenomena involving a mistaken belief that a familiar person or …

The DMS is a complex range of symptoms overlapping in various psychiatric and neurological disorders. It has been extensively described in the older literature but not been included in the modern manualized nosology and classification of mental disorders.

2014年9月1日 · Delusional misidentification syndromes (DMSs) are complex psychotic phenomena that may be present in a variety of ways within the context of several neurological and psychiatric disorders.

The most common and best known DMS is Capgras syndrome. In this disorder, the misidentification leads to the delusional conviction that a close friend or relative has been replaced by an identical - or almost identical - "double," whose original has disappeared.

2020年9月7日 · To better elucidate the symptomatology and pathophysiological mechanisms underlying delusional misidentification syndrome (DMS), we investigated the incidence rate and symptomatic features of DMS following stroke and relationships among DMS, other neuropsychological symptoms, and lesion locations.

The delusional misidentification syndrome (DMS) is a condition in which a patient consistently misidentifies persons, places, objects, or events. The most common form of misidentification is the Capgras syndrome.

2013年10月27日 · The delusional misidentification syndromes (DMSs) are psychopathologic phenomena in which a patient consistently misidentifies persons, places, objects, or events.