Tracy L. Poltock's research while affiliated with Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and other places

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Article
A case of a rare form of delusional misidentification, the Fregoli syndrome, is described. Although usually occurring in the setting of primary or secondary schizophrenic psychoses, delusional misidentification has been reported in affective, neurological, and toxic-metabolic disorders. In this instance a diagnosis of paranoia (delusional disorder)...

Citations

... Multiple real persons can be misidentified as a single known person. 10 It was the case of our patient. This syndrome had been associated with organic cerebral damage particularly a temporolimbicfrontal disconnection; however, most cases occurred in the setting of schizophrenia. ...