Delusions
Fixed false beliefs not amenable to change in light of conflicting evidence
Content of Delusions, themes include
Persecutory Referential Somatic Religious Grandiose Erotomaniac Nihilistic
Delusions can be non-bizarre if
Clearly implausible, not understandable to same culture peers
Do not derive from ordinary life experience
Include
Delusions of control
Thought withdrawal
Thought insertion
Hallucinations are by definition,
Perception-like experiences that occur without an external stimulus
May occur in any sensory modality
Hallucinations must occur in the context of a _______ sensorium
Clear
Hallucinations that occur while falling asleep
Hypnagogic
Hallucinations that occur while waking from sleep
Hypnopompic
Disorganized thinking (formal thought disorder) is typically inferred from the individual’s _______
Speech
Derailment or loose associations
Individual may switch from one topic to another
Tangentiality
When answers to questions are obliquely related or completely unrelated
