title: [Psychopathology of person misidentification--a multidimensional concept].
abstract: The misidentification of person or Personenverkennung (PV) is provisionally redefined in this paper by focusing on four important points of view offered by German-speaking authors, all more or less based on an analysis of content. These deal with the extent of "craziness" of a PV (Leonhard), the degree of personal relationship of the person misidentified with respect to the patient (Kahlbaum/Pauleikhoff), the extent of the incorrect identification (Jaspers), and, lastly, the stage of stability shown by a PV at a particular point in time (Conrad). On this basis it is suggested that it may be best to initially call the PV simply a "delusion" with all further differentiation of types of PV carried out in light of a multidimensional psychopathological model utilizing various combinations of these four aspects of content.
authors.affiliation: Psychiatrische Universitätsklinik, Bonn.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Koehler
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ebel
mesh_terms: D002194:Capgras Syndrome / Q000523:psychology*; D003702:Delusions / Q000523:psychology*; D005201:Fantasy; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations
vernacular_title: Zur Psychopathologie der Personenverkennung--ein multidimensionaler Entwurf.