PSY 2710 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Schizoaffective Disorder, Delusional Disorder, Major Depressive Disorder
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Idiosyncratic, fixed beliefs that are not amenable to change in light of conflicting evidence: persecutory. Think that people are out to get you. Might think that organizations are following/stalking you. If (cid:455)ou (cid:374)oti(cid:272)e the sa(cid:373)e pe(cid:396)so(cid:374) i(cid:374) the sa(cid:373)e pla(cid:272)e (cid:455)ou"ll assu(cid:373)e the(cid:455) a(cid:396)e following you: referential. When you think people are talking about you when they are not: grandiose. Whe(cid:374) (cid:455)ou thi(cid:374)k (cid:455)ou"(cid:396)e the p(cid:396)esident of the usa, or something else that does(cid:374)"t (cid:373)ake se(cid:374)se: erotomanic. When you think someone is in love with you. Typically associated with celebrities, but occasionally associated with someone in their life: nihilistic. Thinking the world is ending: somatic. Thi(cid:374)k that (cid:455)ou"(cid:396)e si(cid:272)k, ha(cid:448)e (cid:272)a(cid:374)(cid:272)e(cid:396), o(cid:396) ha(cid:448)e so(cid:373)ethi(cid:374)g g(cid:396)o(cid:449)i(cid:374)g i(cid:374)side of you. Thought insertion, or thought withdrawal: can also fall under the persecutory range. Thought broadcasting: you think that everyone can hear your stream of consciousness, mixed. O(cid:373)ethi(cid:374)g that is(cid:374)"t o(cid:374)e of these (cid:272)atego(cid:396)ies: most common: persecutory, referential, grandiose.
