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DELUSIONAL IDEA [3 records]

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Record 1 2019-02-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • Psychoses
  • Clinical Psychology
DEF

A false belief that is firmly maintained in spite of incontrovertible and obvious proof or evidence to the contrary and in spite of the fact that other members of the culture do not share the belief.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Psychoses
  • Psychologie clinique
DEF

Croyance erronée fondée sur une déduction incorrecte concernant la réalité extérieure, fermement soutenue en dépit de l'opinion très généralement partagée et de tout ce qui constitue une preuve incontestable et évidente du contraire.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Síntomas (Medicina)
  • Psicosis
  • Psicología clínica
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Record 2 2018-12-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mental Disorders
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • Clinical Psychology
DEF

An idea, held less firmly than a delusion, that events, objects, or other people in the person’s immediate environment have a particular and unusual meaning specifically for him or her.

CONT

When people have ideas of reference, they believe that events in the environment pertain to them, although there is actually no connection.

OBS

An idea of reference is to be distinguished from a delusion of reference, in which there is a belief that is held with delusional conviction.

OBS

idea of reference: term usually used in the plural.

Key term(s)
  • ideas of reference

French

Domaine(s)
  • Troubles mentaux
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Psychologie clinique
OBS

Le patient pense que des remarques sans importance, des évènements ou des situations banals, le concernent personnellement et revêtent pour lui seul un sens particulier.

OBS

Une idée de référence doit être distinguée d'une idée délirante de référence, dans laquelle on observe une conviction délirante dans la croyance.

OBS

idée de référence : terme habituellement utilisé au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • idées de référence

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Trastornos mentales
  • Síntomas (Medicina)
  • Psicología clínica
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Record 3 2018-10-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Clinical Psychology
DEF

An unreasonable and sustained belief or idea that is maintained with less than delusional intensity...

OBS

[The] person is able to acknowledge that the belief may not be true. The belief is not one that is ordinarily accepted by other members of the person’s culture or subculture.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Psychologie cognitive
  • Psychologie clinique
DEF

Croyance déraisonnable et persistante que le sujet défend avec une intensité moindre que dans le cas d'une idée délirante [...]

OBS

[La] personne est capable de reconnaître que sa croyance peut ne pas être vraie. La croyance ne fait pas partie de celles qui sont habituellement acceptées par d'autres membres de la culture ou de la sous-culture du sujet.

Spanish

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