Delirium of attitude is a disorder of the thinking process, delusional conviction of a person that people around him negatively and with a prejudice [1] that everything relates to him [2] .
| Raving relationships | |
|---|---|
| ICD-11 | MB26.03 |
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Description of Delirium
With this disorder, it seems to the patient that strangers are discussing him on the street, in more severe cases they are talking about him on television , radio, and in newspapers [1] . A negative attitude is expressed, supposedly, in mocking smiles, in βwinkingβ or other non-verbal signs [3] . Due to delusions, evading behavior (public places, using public transport ) is formed [2] .
Forms
The form of delirium of a relationship stands out: delirium of special meaning or delirium of special significance . Moreover, delusions are characterized by the treatment of patients with trivial events or phenomena in a fatal, fatal way for themselves [3] .
Mental disorders
Relationship delirium occurs in paranoid schizophrenia and other paranoid psychoses [1] , and in dementia in Huntingtonβs disease [4] .
Notes
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- β 1 2 M.V. Korkina, N.D. Lakosin, A.E. Lichko , I.I. Sergeev. 7.1.3. Delusions // Psychiatry: A Textbook for medical students. - M .: MEDpress-inform, 2006. - 576 p. - ISBN 5-98322-217-1 .
- β 1 2 V.V. Marilov. General psychopathology. - M .: "Academia", 2002. - S. 29. - 224 p. - ISBN 5-7695-0838-8 .
- βSamokhvalov V.P. Psychiatry (textbook for students of medical universities) . - Rostov-on-Don : Phoenix, 2002 .-- S. 122. - 575 p. - (Series "Higher Education"). - ISBN 5-222-02133-5 .