Delusional misidentification syndrome and criminal acting out: A case report of maternal filicide

Delusional misidentification syndrome and criminal acting out: A case report of maternal filicide

Abstract Delusional misidentification syndromes are associated with danger and may lead to homicide. Early assessment of the danger is a key part of the psychiatric examination. Compliance to treatment in psychosis is important to avoid the devastating consequences, for the perpetrator, the victim,...

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Main Authors: Hanen Ben Ammar, Ghada Hamdi, Lina Brahmi, Yomn Naceur, Emira Khelifa, Rania Felhi, Leila Mnif
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2021-07-01
Series:Clinical Case Reports
Subjects:
Capgras syndrome
delusional misidentification
filicide
infanticide
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.4425
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spelling doaj-4d233eafe7af4ec4a063240660c94bb12021-07-29T07:58:45ZengWileyClinical Case Reports2050-09042021-07-0197n/an/a10.1002/ccr3.4425Delusional misidentification syndrome and criminal acting out: A case report of maternal filicideHanen Ben Ammar0Ghada Hamdi1Lina Brahmi2Yomn Naceur3Emira Khelifa4Rania Felhi5Leila Mnif6Faculty of Medicine of Tunis El Manar University Tunis TunisiaFaculty of Medicine of Tunis El Manar University Tunis TunisiaFaculty of Medicine of Tunis El Manar University Tunis TunisiaFaculty of Medicine of Tunis El Manar University Tunis TunisiaFaculty of Medicine of Tunis El Manar University Tunis TunisiaFaculty of Medicine of Tunis El Manar University Tunis TunisiaFaculty of Medicine of Tunis El Manar University Tunis TunisiaAbstract Delusional misidentification syndromes are associated with danger and may lead to homicide. Early assessment of the danger is a key part of the psychiatric examination. Compliance to treatment in psychosis is important to avoid the devastating consequences, for the perpetrator, the victim, and the community.https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.4425Capgras syndromedelusional misidentificationfilicideinfanticide
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Ghada Hamdi
Lina Brahmi
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Emira Khelifa
Rania Felhi
Leila Mnif
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Ghada Hamdi
Lina Brahmi
Yomn Naceur
Emira Khelifa
Rania Felhi
Leila Mnif
Delusional misidentification syndrome and criminal acting out: A case report of maternal filicide
Clinical Case Reports
Capgras syndrome
delusional misidentification
filicide
infanticide
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Ghada Hamdi
Lina Brahmi
Yomn Naceur
Emira Khelifa
Rania Felhi
Leila Mnif
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title Delusional misidentification syndrome and criminal acting out: A case report of maternal filicide
title_short Delusional misidentification syndrome and criminal acting out: A case report of maternal filicide
title_full Delusional misidentification syndrome and criminal acting out: A case report of maternal filicide
title_fullStr Delusional misidentification syndrome and criminal acting out: A case report of maternal filicide
title_full_unstemmed Delusional misidentification syndrome and criminal acting out: A case report of maternal filicide
title_sort delusional misidentification syndrome and criminal acting out: a case report of maternal filicide
publisher Wiley
series Clinical Case Reports
issn 2050-0904
publishDate 2021-07-01
description Abstract Delusional misidentification syndromes are associated with danger and may lead to homicide. Early assessment of the danger is a key part of the psychiatric examination. Compliance to treatment in psychosis is important to avoid the devastating consequences, for the perpetrator, the victim, and the community.
topic Capgras syndrome
delusional misidentification
filicide
infanticide
url https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.4425
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