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