Serial killing in schizophrenia

Abstract

Abstract Serial criminality, although rare, has always aroused the interest of researchers in criminology, psychiatry, psychology, and sociology. We report the case of a patient, suffering from a chronic psychotic disorder, having committed several murders over a period of 9 years, underpinned by a delirium of misidentification of Frigoli syndrome.

Keywords

• delusional misidentification
• frigoli syndrome
• homicide
• psychosis
• serial killer