often unrelenting, and wearyingly upsetting, these intensely paranoid thoughts are known as persecutory delusions. People feel very unsafe. Also typical is the response: when being out and about is so frightening, staying at home can seem the only...
A bizarre delusion, by contrast, is something that could never happen in real life, such as being cloned by aliens or having your thoughts broadcast on TV. A person who has such thoughts might be considered delusional with bizarre-type delusions. People with delusional disorder often can continu...
disordered thoughts and speech, and disorganized movement) may be related to a change in the balance of at least some of your brain chemicals called neurotransmitters. For instance, you may have too much dopamine and glutamate in a particular area of your brain called the mesolimbic tract. The ...
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Delusional feelings of worthlessness or excessive guilt 6. Diminished ability to concentrate, think or process information 7. Suicidal thoughts, attempts or plans MDD symptoms cause significant impairments in work, social, and family as well as other important areas in an individual's life. In ...
OBJECTIVE: Delusional thoughts are common in patients with Alzheimer's disease and contribute prominently to morbidity. The pathophysiologic underpinnings for delusions in Alzheimer's disease are not well understood. In this study the au... DL Sultzer,CV Brown,MA Mandelkern,... - 《Am J Psychia...
These perceptual disturbances do not meet the threshold for delusional thinking and are considered oddly egocentric ways of interpreting events. Transient psychotic episodes are more likely to occur during stressful times and typically do not meet the threshold for an additional diagnosis. Schizotypal ...
In contrast to those with obsessive jealousy, people with delusional jealousy are completely certain that their partners have already been unfaithful, recently or in the not-too-distant past, and their thoughts and behavior reflect this unshakeable conviction. If left untreated, delusional jealousy caus...
and medicolegal level, the most critical point is that concerning consent to the treatment by a psychotic subject with a severely compromised ability to comprehend the nature and objective of the proposed therapy, but who nonetheless expresses his consent, for reasons derived from delusional thoughts....
That said, it’s important to note that not all delusions are destructive in nature, and the majority of moms who experience postpartum psychosis don't harm themselves or anyone else. But because the condition involves delusional thinking and irrational judgment, the risk of danger with postpartu...