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Delusional misidentification

MedGen UID:
1853231
Concept ID:
C5873022
Mental or Behavioral Dysfunction
HPO: HP:5200428

Definition

A group of complex, monothematic delusional phenomena in which subjects hold a belief that the identity of a familiar person, object, location, or self has been altered or replaced. The majority of misidentifications are spouses or first degree relatives, i.e. someone well-known to the person. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVDelusional misidentification

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Rapinesi C, Kotzalidis GD, Del Casale A, Ferri VR, Di Pietro S, Scatena P, Serata D, Danese E, Sani G, Koukopoulos AE, Angeletti G, Girardi P
Int J Psychiatry Med 2015;49(3):227-34. Epub 2015 Apr 29 doi: 10.1177/0091217415582193. PMID: 25926594

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Barrelle A, Luauté JP
Front Neurol Neurosci 2018;42:35-43. Epub 2017 Nov 17 doi: 10.1159/000475680. PMID: 29151089
Feinberg TE, Roane D
Cortex 2017 Feb;87:118-128. Epub 2016 Jul 27 doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2016.07.014. PMID: 27542857
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Oyebode F
Med Princ Pract 2008;17(4):263-9. Epub 2008 Jun 3 doi: 10.1159/000129603. PMID: 18523391

Diagnosis

Ventriglio A, Bhugra D, De Berardis D, Torales J, Castaldelli-Maia JM, Fiorillo A
Int Rev Psychiatry 2020 Aug-Sep;32(5-6):391-395. Epub 2020 May 7 doi: 10.1080/09540261.2020.1756625. PMID: 32378427
Barrelle A, Luauté JP
Front Neurol Neurosci 2018;42:35-43. Epub 2017 Nov 17 doi: 10.1159/000475680. PMID: 29151089
Feinberg TE, Venneri A
Cortex 2014 Dec;61:74-80. Epub 2014 Jul 22 doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2014.07.004. PMID: 25481466
Feinberg TE, Roane DM
Psychiatr Clin North Am 2005 Sep;28(3):665-83, 678-9. doi: 10.1016/j.psc.2005.05.002. PMID: 16122573
Ellis HD, Luauté JP, Retterstøl N
Psychopathology 1994;27(3-5):117-20. doi: 10.1159/000284856. PMID: 7846223

Therapy

Migoya-Borja M, Palomar-Ciria N, Cegla-Schvartzman F, Ovejero S, Baca-García E
Rev Colomb Psiquiatr (Engl Ed) 2023 Jul-Sep;52(3):201-205. Epub 2023 Oct 18 doi: 10.1016/j.rcpeng.2021.05.007. PMID: 37863766
Naguy A
Prim Care Companion CNS Disord 2022 Apr 12;24(2) doi: 10.4088/PCC.21cr02979. PMID: 35421908
Hermanowicz N
Postgrad Med 2018 Mar;130(2):280-283. Epub 2017 Dec 13 doi: 10.1080/00325481.2018.1411161. PMID: 29185820
Granstein J, Strimbu K, Francois D, Kahn DA
J Psychiatr Pract 2015 Jul;21(4):306-12. doi: 10.1097/PRA.0000000000000089. PMID: 26164056
Papageorgiou C, Lykouras L, Alevizos B, Ventouras E, Mourtzouchou P, Uzunoglu N, Christodoulou GN, Rabavilas A
Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 2005 May;29(4):593-601. Epub 2005 Mar 17 doi: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2005.01.016. PMID: 15866363

Prognosis

Fukatsu T, Kanemoto K
Psychogeriatrics 2022 Jan;22(1):108-112. Epub 2021 Nov 8 doi: 10.1111/psyg.12785. PMID: 34750931
Kakegawa Y, Isono O, Hanada K, Nishikawa T
Brain Behav 2020 Nov;10(11):e01829. Epub 2020 Sep 7 doi: 10.1002/brb3.1829. PMID: 32893993Free PMC Article
Christodoulou GN, Margariti M, Christodoulou N
Psychiatriki 2018 Jan-Mar;29(1):15-18. doi: 10.22365/jpsych.2018.291.15. PMID: 29754115
Fleminger S
Psychopathology 1994;27(3-5):161-7. doi: 10.1159/000284865. PMID: 7846233
Fleminger S, Burns A
Biol Psychiatry 1993 Jan 1;33(1):22-32. doi: 10.1016/0006-3223(93)90274-h. PMID: 8420592

Clinical prediction guides

Kakegawa Y, Isono O, Hanada K, Nishikawa T
Brain Behav 2020 Nov;10(11):e01829. Epub 2020 Sep 7 doi: 10.1002/brb3.1829. PMID: 32893993Free PMC Article
Ventriglio A, Bhugra D, De Berardis D, Torales J, Castaldelli-Maia JM, Fiorillo A
Int Rev Psychiatry 2020 Aug-Sep;32(5-6):391-395. Epub 2020 May 7 doi: 10.1080/09540261.2020.1756625. PMID: 32378427
Ardila A
Appl Neuropsychol Adult 2019 Nov-Dec;26(6):591-597. Epub 2018 Sep 5 doi: 10.1080/23279095.2018.1463224. PMID: 30183352
Christodoulou GN, Margariti M, Christodoulou N
Psychiatriki 2018 Jan-Mar;29(1):15-18. doi: 10.22365/jpsych.2018.291.15. PMID: 29754115
Barrelle A, Luauté JP
Front Neurol Neurosci 2018;42:35-43. Epub 2017 Nov 17 doi: 10.1159/000475680. PMID: 29151089

Recent systematic reviews

Teixeira-Dias M, Dadwal AK, Bell V, Blackman G
J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci 2023 Spring;35(2):171-177. Epub 2022 Sep 29 doi: 10.1176/appi.neuropsych.22010011. PMID: 36172691
Lewis G, Blake L, Seneviratne G
Psychopathology 2023;56(4):285-294. Epub 2022 Sep 16 doi: 10.1159/000526129. PMID: 36116435
Borsje P, Wetzels RB, Lucassen PL, Pot AM, Koopmans RT
Int Psychogeriatr 2015 Mar;27(3):385-405. Epub 2014 Nov 18 doi: 10.1017/S1041610214002282. PMID: 25403309
Politis M, Loane C
Psychopathology 2012;45(6):337-43. Epub 2012 Jul 31 doi: 10.1159/000337748. PMID: 22854269

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