DELUSIONAL MISIDENTIFICATION SYNDROMES - A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY

Twenty-three patients with one or more delusional misidentification sy ndromes were studied, The majority of the subjects were females and th e Capgras syndrome was the most common delusional misidentification sy ndrome in our sample. The Capgras syndrome cases were significant olde r than the Fregoli syndrome cases. Schizophrenia and schizo-affective psychosis were significantly associated with Fregoli syndrome. Discrim inant function analysis was carried out on the sample and showed that age and symptoms of nuclear schizophrenia were the variables most pred ictive of the type of delusional misidentification. These findings are discussed in the light of current literature.