Hallucinations, delusions and persecutory phenomena often go hand-in-hand. When we consider the human need to explain and make sense of a situation, this is perhaps not surprising. Someone who has an inexplicable sensory experience may well find an explanation in a persecutory delusion. Despite...
1.To oppress or harass with ill-treatment, especially because of race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or beliefs. 2.To annoy persistently; bother:persecuted the babysitter with foolish questions. [Middle English, from Old Frenchpersecuter, back-formation frompersecuteur,persecutor, from Late...
These phenomena (persecutory delusions, thought broadcast, and third-person auditory verbal hallucinations, respectively) would satisfy criteria for a diagnosis of schizophrenia, assuming that they had lasted for more than a month and that they occurred in the absence of any other processes (such ...
The role of sleep dysfunction in the occurrence of delusions and hallucinations: A systematic review 2015, Clinical Psychology Review Show abstract An updated and conservative systematic review and meta-analysis of epidemiological evidence on psychotic experiences in children and adults: On the pathway fr...
These delusions are causing heartbreak in my marriage and our family. I believe my husband suffers from this. We have been married 20 years and have two kids. It has either gotten worse over the 20 years, or maybe I am less willing to put up with it the older I get. ...
(2015). Suicidality in schizophrenia spectrum disorders: The relationship to hallucinations and persecutory delusions. European Psychiatry, 30(7), 830-836.Kjelby E, Sinkeviciute I, Gjestad R, et al. Suicidality in schizophrenia spectrum disorders: the relationship to hallucinations and persecutory...
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Persecutory ideation is defined as the false conviction that others are threatening or conspiring against one. Although persecutory delusions are mainly described and experienced in schizophrenia spectrum disorders, they also occur in other neurological and psychiatric diagnoses including Alzheimer disease,...