Delusions (15) Flashcards

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Define delusional disorder?

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Patients have a crystallized, often single delusion

They do not have hallucinations or thought disorders like schizophrenia

Delusions cannot be substance induced, medical condition driven, or be part of any other mental disorder

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What is a Capgras Delusion?

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Delusion where patient feels someone has been replaced by an imposter

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What is a Fregoli Delusion?

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Patient holds a delusional belief that different people are in fact a single person who changes appearance or is in disguise

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What is vampirism and Lycanthropy?

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Vampirism= delusion that one is a vampire

Lycanthropy= delusion that one is a werewolf

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What is Folie a Deux?

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Shared delusion–> syndrome in which symptoms of a delusional belief are transmitted from one individual to another

“Madness of many”

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What is the difference between Folie Imposee and Folie Simultanee?

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Folie Imposee–> Likely has the delusion

Folie Simultanee–> incorporates delusion into his/her life

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What is Cotard’s Delusion?

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The delusion that one is dead, do not exist, missing organs

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What is krokodil?

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Heroin like drug that rots flesh and bone

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What is morgellons/ delusional parasitosis?

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Somatic delusion/ paranoid delusion

Parent believes they are infested, can see and often see or feel parasites in or on them

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What are erotomanic delusions?

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Affected person believes that another person is in love with him/ her

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How are delusions treated?

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Antispsychotics, psychotherapy

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