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A delusion is a fixed belief that someone holds firmly despite evidence that contradicts it, and unlike ordinary false beliefs, a person with a delusion cannot change their mind even when presented with conflicting facts. Delusions matter because they represent a distinct type of psychological condition that differs from simple misinformation or perceptual mistakes, and recognizing this distinction is important for understanding and treating mental health disorders.
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Key facts
- Medical condition (new).name
- Delusion
- Medical condition (new).specialty
- Psychiatry
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Research
14,977 papers- Resolving the Delusion Paradox.ReviewSchizophrenia bulletin · 2023Petrovic P, Sterzer PDOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbad084
- Drug-induced delusion: A comprehensive overview of the WHO pharmacovigilance database.ReviewPsychiatry research · 2023Balcerac A, Baldacci A, Romier A et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2023.115365
- Delusion, possession and religion(†).ReviewNordic journal of psychiatry · 2018Ventriglio A, Bonfitto I, Ricci F et al.DOI: 10.1080/08039488.2018.1525639
- Acting on delusion and delusional inconsequentiality: A review.ReviewComprehensive psychiatry · 2021Poupart F, Bouscail M, Sturm G et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2021.152230
- Understanding the Delusion of Theft.ReviewThe Psychiatric quarterly · 2018Seeman MVDOI: 10.1007/s11126-018-9588-1
- Capgras' Delusion: A Systematic Review of 255 Published Cases.Psychopathology · 2019Pandis C, Agrawal N, Poole NDOI: 10.1159/000500474
- The origins of delusion.ReviewThe British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science · 1992Roberts GDOI: 10.1192/bjp.161.3.298
- Understanding delusion in dementia: a review.ReviewGeriatrics & gerontology international · 2014Cipriani G, Danti S, Vedovello M et al.DOI: 10.1111/ggi.12105
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- symptom or sign
- Subclass of
- thought disorder
- Part of
- fantasy
- Image
- Karl Jaspers 1946.jpg
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- different from
- hallucination
- health specialty
- psychology
- ICPC 2 ID
- P71
- has cause
- psychosis
- topic's main category
- Category:Delusions
- exact match
- purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0000746
- NCI Thesaurus ID
- C26741
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
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