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Misidentification Syndromes

These are defined as delusional conditions in which patients incorrectly identify and reduplicate people, places, objects, or events. Examples include:

Capgras syndrome; may be related to reduplicative parAmnesia

Fregoli syndrome
Intermetamorphosis
Phantom boarder sign
Mirror sign

References

Feinberg TE, Roane DM. Misidentification syndromes. In: Feinberg TE, Farah MJ (eds.). Behavioral neurology and neuropsychology. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1997: 391-397
Forstl H, Almeida OP, Owen AM, Burns A, Howard R. Psychiatric, neurological and medical aspects of misidentification syndromes: a review of 260 patients. Psychological Medicine 1991; 21: 905-910