title: Dangerous delusions of misidentification of the self.
abstract: Delusions of misidentification of the self involve radical misidentification of physical and/or psychological aspects of the self. These delusions have received limited attention from a phenomenological as well as from a forensic psychiatric perspective. In this article we present a series of four cases of dangerous delusional misidentification of the self and discuss important factors that may contribute to their dangerousness.
authors.affiliation: University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, USA.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: G B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Leong
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Weinstock
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Penny
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003702:Delusions / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007062:Identification, Psychological; D008297:Male; D012649:Self Concept