Hallucinations & Delusions Flashcards
What is a hallucination?
Perception which occurs in the absence of external stimulus
-Experienced in real space and has same qualities of normal perception
Different types of hallucinations?
Auditory
Visual
What is auditory hallucination?
Second person voices which directly address patient
OR
Third person voices who discuss patient or provide running commentary
Simple visual hallucination?
Flash of light
Complex visual hallucination?
Face or figure
What is a delusion?
False belief/belief held on false grounds
Way you describe delusions?
Form: how a delusion is identified
Theme
Content
Origin
What type of delusion is more common?
Secondary
What is secondary delusions?
Attempts to explain other psychotic experiences
Themes of delusions?
Paranoid Persecutory Grandiose Religious Misidentification Guilt Sin Poverty Nihilistic Frotomanic Jealousy Delusions of reference
Capgrass is
Misidentification delusion
-Think someone has been replaced with an imposter
Fregoli?
Misidentification delusion
-think different people are all the same person changing their appearance constantly
Frotomanic?
Believing someone is in love with you
De Clerambault
Belief a public figure is in love with you
