title: Delusional misidentification in autobiographical narrative.
abstract: The authors examined an autobiographical account of delusional misidentification found in Daniel Schreber's Memoirs of My Mental Illness. It is argued that writers with a history of mental illness can provide unique and accurate descriptions of complex psychiatric phenomena. These descriptions can convey the subjective experience of psychopathology and aid our understanding of the mechanisms giving rise to phenomena such as delusional misidentification.
authors.affiliation: North Birmingham Mental Health Trust, UK.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pourgourides
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Oyebode
mesh_terms: D001325:Autobiographies as Topic; D002194:Capgras Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D003702:Delusions / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D008093:Literature, Modern; D008297:Male; D008513:Medicine in Literature; D010343:Patient Admission