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What is thought insertion?
What is thought insertion?
- A delusion that one's thoughts can be heard by others
- A false fixed belief that a person has a physical disease
- A delusion that thoughts are being implanted in one's mind by other people or forces (correct)
- A delusion that one is bereft of all material possessions
What is a characteristic of delusions?
What is a characteristic of delusions?
- A false fixed belief that cannot be changed (correct)
- Can be corrected by logic or reasoning
- Consistent with the patient's educational and cultural background
- A normal variation of thought
What is a nihilistic delusion?
What is a nihilistic delusion?
- A delusion that one's thoughts can be heard by others
- A false belief about body functions
- A false fixed belief that one is full of sins and unfit to live
- A false feeling that self, a part of the body, others, or the world is nonexistent or ending (correct)
What is an example of delusion of grandeur?
What is an example of delusion of grandeur?
What is a delusion of poverty?
What is a delusion of poverty?
What is delusion of persecution?
What is delusion of persecution?
What is a somatic delusion?
What is a somatic delusion?
What is delusion of reference?
What is delusion of reference?
What is delusion of infidelity?
What is delusion of infidelity?
What is obsession?
What is obsession?
What is thought withdrawal?
What is thought withdrawal?
What is suicidal ideation?
What is suicidal ideation?
What is litigious delusion?
What is litigious delusion?
What is thought broadcasting?
What is thought broadcasting?
What is a hypochondriacal delusion?
What is a hypochondriacal delusion?
What is erotomanic delusion?
What is erotomanic delusion?
What is the primary characteristic of autistic thinking?
What is the primary characteristic of autistic thinking?
What is the main difference between tangentiality and circumstantiality?
What is the main difference between tangentiality and circumstantiality?
What is an example of autistic thinking?
What is an example of autistic thinking?
In which stage of personality development is autistic thinking normal?
In which stage of personality development is autistic thinking normal?
What is the primary goal of a person with autistic thinking?
What is the primary goal of a person with autistic thinking?
What is the main characteristic of circumstantiality?
What is the main characteristic of circumstantiality?
What is an example of tangentiality?
What is an example of tangentiality?
What is the relationship between autistic thinking and delusions?
What is the relationship between autistic thinking and delusions?
Study Notes
Disorder in Content of Thought
- Delusions: False fixed beliefs that cannot be accepted by people of the same social standard as the patient, not consistent with the patient's educational and cultural background, and cannot be corrected by logic or reasoning.
- Types of Delusions:
- Paranoid delusions:
- Delusion of grandeur: False belief of being a very powerful and important person.
- Delusion of persecution: False belief of being harassed or persecuted by another.
- Delusion of reference: False belief that the behavior of others refers to oneself.
- Depressive delusions:
- Nihilistic delusion: False feeling that self, a part of the body, others, or the world is nonexistent or ending.
- Delusion of self-blame: False fixed belief that person is full of sins and unfit to live (worthless).
- Hypochondriacal delusion: False fixed belief that a person has a physical disease that is not based on a real organic pathology.
- Somatic delusion: False belief about body functions, e.g., one's brain is rotting or melting, or bugs crawl under my skin and eat my brain.
- Paranoid delusions:
Disorder in Form of Thought
- Obsession: Pathological persistent and recurrent idea, thought, or impulse that cannot be eliminated from consciousness by logical effort or reason.
- Preoccupation: Centering of thought content on particular ideas, associated with strong affective tone, but without the same level of anxiety as obsession.
- Suicidal ideation: Recurrent idea affecting the individual to put an end by themselves to their own life.
- Autistic thinking: Thinking that is largely egocentric with emphasis on subjectivity rather than objectivity, without regard for reality.
- Concrete and autistic thinking are normal forms of thought during the early stages of personality development.
Specific Disturbance in Form of Thought
- Tangentiality: The patient never gets to the desired point and goes off the core of the topic, introducing many unrelated topics.
- Circumstantiality: The patient gives countless and unnecessary details before communicating the central idea, but eventually gets to the desired point.
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This quiz covers the concept of delusions, including types of delusions such as paranoid delusions, and their characteristics. Test your understanding of disorders in content of thought.