delusions of persecution
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delusion
noun[C or U]
uk/dɪˈluː.ʒən/us/dɪˈluː.ʒən/
belief in something that is ...
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persecution
noun[C or U]
uk/ˌpɜː.sɪˈkjuː.ʃən/us/ˌpɝː.səˈkjuː.ʃən/
unfair or cruel treatment over a long period of time because of race, religion, or ...
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As none is forthcoming he/she tries to account for their presence and the result is a delusion, and, most frequently, adelusionofpersecution.
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They were also significantly more likely to experience various delusions, including delusions of persecution and influence, and auditory hallucinations.
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In contrast, there was no significant difference between the ratings of patients with delusions of persecution for the conditions in which movement was animate.
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Our results may have implications for the brain basis of delusions of persecution.
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Patients were divided on the basis of the presence or absence of delusions of persecution.
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It has been proposed that delusions of persecution are caused by the tendency to overattribute malevolent intentions to other people's actions.
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Patients with delusions of persecution perceived contingency when there was none in the animate non-contingent condition.
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The results suggest that delusions of persecution may be associated with the overattribution of contingency to the actions of agents.
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Blakemore et al. (pp. 1433-1441) find abnormalities in the attribution of intentional contingence in patients with delusions of persecution.
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Symptoms of these three subjects was homogeneous with, for each of them, delusions of persecution and other paranoid symptoms predominating at onset and residual negative symptoms.
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Frith's theory proposes that delusions of persecution might be characterized by the belief that others have malevolent intentions, which are directed towards the patient.
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Sixteen had delusions of persecution, reference or misidentification (paranoid delusions) with no behavioural signs.
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This demonstrates that the ' abnormal ' contingency detection shown by the patients with delusions of persecution was specific to stimuli in which one shape's movement was animate.
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Heavy dosage has been known to produce delusions of persecution and hallucinations, and misuse can lead to temporary mental illness requiring hospital treatment.
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Throughout the five interviews he showed ideas of reference and fixed and systematized delusions of persecution and grandeur.
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Patients with hallucinations sometimes experience positive symptoms, which can include delusions of reference, thought insertion/withdrawal, thought broadcast, delusions of persecution, grandiosity and many more.
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He described one of the earliest accounts of anorexia nervosa, and also conducted research involving delusions of persecution.
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Depressive delusions include intense feelings of guilt, feeling as though they are responsible for a terrible crime, delusions of persecution as well as thought-blocking, thought-insertion and thought-withdrawal.
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Psychosis is generally given to noticeable deficits in normal behavior (negative signs) and more commonly to diverse types of hallucinations or delusional beliefs (e.g. grandiosity, delusions of persecution).
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