Types of Delusions

Question 1

Sexual Delusion

Answer 1

the client believes that his or her sexual behavior is known to others

Question 2

Nihilistic Delusion

Answer 2

delusion that things don’t exist and that everything is unreal

Question 3

Referential Delusion

Answer 3

belief that gestures and words of others are specifically directed at them

Question 4

Unspecified Delusion

Answer 4

no one delusional theme predominates and the patient presents with two or more types of delusions

Question 5

Religious Delusion

Answer 5

the central theme often centers around the second coming of Christ or another significant religious figure/prophet

Question 6

Grandiose Delusion

Answer 6

the central theme is that the client is associated with famous people and is capable of great feats

Question 7

Dorian Gray

Answer 7

the central theme is that others are aging while the client appears to remain the same age

Question 8

Capgras’ Syndrome

Answer 8

the central theme is that a significant other, usually a family member, has been replaced by an identical impostor

Question 9

Persecutory Delusion

Answer 9

the central theme is the patient’s belief that he or she is being conspired against, cheated, spied on, followed, poisoned, drugged, maliciously maligned, harassed, or obstructed

Question 10

Erotomaniac Delusion

Answer 10

belief that the patient is loved intensely by the loved object, who is usually married or of a higher socioeconomic status or otherwise unattainable

Question 11

Somatic Delusion

Answer 11

the central theme involves functional sensations, a false belief that there is a physical ailment

Question 12

Jealous Delusion

Answer 12

the central theme of this is the unfaithfulness of a spouse or a lover