Delusional disorders Flashcards
What is delusional parasitosis?
Patient with a fixed, false belief (delusion) that they are infested by ‘bugs’
What is Capgras delusion?
Psychiatric disorder in which a person believes that a friend or family member has been replaced by an identical imposter.
What is Cotard’s delusion?
A fixed false belief that they believe that their body or body part is dead or dying.
What is Formication?
A type of paraesthesia in which it feels like insects are crawling on the skin
What is Paranoid delusion?
A fixed false belief in which a person is paranoid about something happening- describe being chased or watched
What is Othello syndrome?
A delusion of sexual infidelity on the part of a sexual partner.
What is De Clerambault’s syndrome?
A delusion that a famous person is in love with them
What is De Frégoli syndrome?
The delusion of identifying a familiar person in various people they encounter.
