Delusional ideas or delusional fantasies are ideas that differ from delusions by less persistence and lesser absurdity. In terms of content, they can be ideas of greatness, persecution, attitude, accusation or self-accusation, reformation, and the like (similarly delusional), but vary in content depending on external circumstances [1] .
Content
Differences from delirium
Delusional ideas differ from true delusions in that the patient has no firm conviction in them, they are temporarilycorrectable [1] . A delusional idea arises on a pathologically altered emotional background (for example, hypothymia or dysphoria ), forming on some actual fact or event of the past, usually a minor one [2] . Similar ideas in people with mental disorders are often accompanied by theatrical behavior [1] . It is necessary to distinguish delusional ideas from overvalued ideas , judgment errors, arising without a pathologically changed mood, to which there is also no critical attitude, but which are likewise corrected.
Mental disorders
Delusional ideas occur in reactive psychosis and schizophrenia (especially in childhood schizophrenia ) [1] . According to ICD-10 , delusional ideas are a characteristic symptom of schizotypal disorder , and occur with episodic transient quasi-psychotic episodes in people with this disorder [3] .
See also
- Rave pursuit
- Bullshit greatness
- Delusional relationship
Notes
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- β Guskov V.S. The terminological dictionary of the psychiatrist / Ed. Plesso G. I. .. - M .: " Medicine ", 1965. - 219 p.
- β World Health Organization . F2 Schizophrenia, schizotypal and delusional disorders // International Classification of Diseases (10th revision). Class V Mental and behavioral disorders (F00 β F99) (adapted for use in the Russian Federation). Part 1. - Rostov-on-Don: Phoenix, 1999. - P. 125-126. - ISBN 5-86727-005-8 .