Delusional misidentification syndrome

and colorful syndromes in neurology. The patient fails to recognise the faces of close acquaintances and calls them as an ‘imposter’. They claim that the person ‘looks like’ or is ‘identical to’ someone they know, while continuing to believe that they are two different individuals. The delusional belief is strongest when the putative imposter is present [2]. Capgras delusion is classified as a delusional misidentification syndrome, a class of beliefs where the patients have delusional beliefs that

their own family. The main case that I found when I was researching was from a Criminal Minds episode where a former Navy Seal named Luke Dolan was in a car accident and woke up with Capgras delusion ("Dorado Falls"). When he woke up with Capgras syndrome, his brain went into mission mode, and he wanted to figure out more information on who was behind a mission he went on called Dorado Falls and why it went wrong ("Dorado Falls"). Given his background as a Navy Seal, he was highly trained, and was

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a person believes incorrectly that their concubine or wife/husband has not maintained loyalty to them. In the delusion of guilt or sin or delusion of self-accusation, one can exhibit an unfounded feeling of horrible regret or guilt. Some other delusional themes are more straightforward in their naming convention: the delusion of mind being read and the delusion of poverty, for example. More significant delusions include grandiose religious delusion in which the schizophrenic person believes himself