delusion of reference

"Delusions of reference complicated by group acceptance," agreed the other.

A key experience may occur in his life circumstances and quite suddenly these ideas become structured as delusions of reference'.

"The only two possibilities are delusions of reference and delusions of persecution," she went on.

Delusion of reference: The person falsely believes that insignificant remarks, events, or objects in one's environment have personal meaning or significance.

Manic delusions include delusions of reference, religiousity, grandiosity.

'Ideas of reference must be distinguished from delusions of reference, which may be similar in content but are held with greater conviction'.

At least 50% of the diagnosed cases of schizophrenia experience delusions of reference and delusions of persecution.

"Delusions of reference is actually a mild form of delusions of persecution, in which innocent remarks are deemed to be critical.

In more extreme cases features of psychosis, with delusions of persecution or delusions of reference, and pressure of speech may present themselves.

Deep autistic fugal withdrawal with impaired ideation compounded with delusions of reference, plus alternating catatonic stupor and excitement.

The symptoms of amphetamine psychosis include auditory and visual hallucinations, persecutory delusions, and delusions of reference concurrent with both clear consciousness and prominent extreme agitation.

In psychiatry, delusions of reference form part of the diagnostic criteria for psychotic illnesses such as schizophrenia, delusional disorder, or bipolar disorder during the elevated stages of mania.

The patient's delusions may be described as persecutory or paranoid delusions, delusions of reference, grandiose delusions, erotomanic delusions, delusional jealousy or delusional misidentification.

Mood-congruent delusion: Any delusion with content consistent with either a depressive or euphoric state, e.g., a depressed person believes that news anchors on television highly disapprove of him (delusions of reference), or a euphoric person might believe she is very rich.

Ideas of reference and delusions of reference involve people having a belief or perception that irrelevant, unrelated or innocuous phenomena in the world refer to them directly or have special personal significance: 'the notion that everything one perceives in the world relates to one's own destiny'.