Prevalence of delusional misidentification syndromes

Psychopathology. 1994;27(3-5):148-9. doi: 10.1159/000284862.

Abstract

The prevalence of delusional misidentification syndromes (DMS) in a consecutive sample of 195 inpatient admissions with functional psychosis was found to be 4.1%. It is argued that DMS symptoms are more common than previously supposed.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Capgras Syndrome / diagnosis
  • Capgras Syndrome / epidemiology*
  • Capgras Syndrome / psychology
  • Comorbidity
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • Delusions / diagnosis
  • Delusions / epidemiology*
  • Delusions / psychology
  • England / epidemiology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Male
  • Personality Assessment