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Delusional perception

MedGen UID:
602813
•Concept ID:
C0424024
•
Mental or Behavioral Dysfunction
Synonym: Delusion associated with abnormal perception
SNOMED CT: Delusional perception (64514005); Delusion associated with abnormal perception (64514005)
 
HPO: HP:5200424

Definition

A true perception, to which a patient attributes a false meaning, ranges from experiencing some vague meaning to clear, delusional observations, and expresses delusions of reference. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVDelusional perception

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Antipsychotic treatment of psychotic disorders in forensic psychiatry: Patients' perception of coercion and its predictors.
Horvath J, Steinert T, Jaeger S
Int J Law Psychiatry 2018 Mar-Apr;57:113-121. Epub 2018 Mar 2 doi: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2018.02.004. PMID: 29548498
Clinical considerations for the treatment of body dysmorphic disorder with cognitive-behavioral therapy.
Buhlmann U, Reese HE, Renaud S, Wilhelm S
Body Image 2008 Mar;5(1):39-49. Epub 2008 Mar 4 doi: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2007.12.002. PMID: 18313372
Screening criteria for the diagnosis of schizophrenia in deaf patients.
Evans JW, Elliott H
Arch Gen Psychiatry 1981 Jul;38(7):787-90. doi: 10.1001/archpsyc.1981.01780320067007. PMID: 7247640

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Delusional Perception Revisited.
Nielsen KM, Nordgaard J, Henriksen MG
Psychopathology 2022;55(6):325-334. Epub 2022 May 19 doi: 10.1159/000524642. PMID: 35588694
Capgras' syndrome in first-episode psychotic disorders.
Salvatore P, Bhuvaneswar C, Tohen M, Khalsa HM, Maggini C, Baldessarini RJ
Psychopathology 2014;47(4):261-9. Epub 2014 Feb 7 doi: 10.1159/000357813. PMID: 24516070Free PMC Article
Schizophrenia: the nature of the psychological disturbance and its possible neurochemcial basis.
Crow TJ
Ciba Found Symp 1979;(69):335-43. doi: 10.1002/9780470720523.ch20. PMID: 44859
First-rank symptoms of schizophrenia in Schneider-oriented German centers.
Koehler K, Guth W, Grimm G
Arch Gen Psychiatry 1977 Jul;34(7):810-3. doi: 10.1001/archpsyc.1977.01770190072007. PMID: 327966

Diagnosis

Delusional Perception Revisited.
Nielsen KM, Nordgaard J, Henriksen MG
Psychopathology 2022;55(6):325-334. Epub 2022 May 19 doi: 10.1159/000524642. PMID: 35588694
A major flaw in the diagnosis of schizophrenia: what happened to the Schneider's first rank symptoms.
Moscarelli M
Psychol Med 2020 Jul;50(9):1409-1417. Epub 2020 Jun 11 doi: 10.1017/S0033291720001816. PMID: 32524921
Capgras' syndrome in first-episode psychotic disorders.
Salvatore P, Bhuvaneswar C, Tohen M, Khalsa HM, Maggini C, Baldessarini RJ
Psychopathology 2014;47(4):261-9. Epub 2014 Feb 7 doi: 10.1159/000357813. PMID: 24516070Free PMC Article
On defining delusions.
Spitzer M
Compr Psychiatry 1990 Sep-Oct;31(5):377-97. doi: 10.1016/0010-440x(90)90023-l. PMID: 2225797
Delusional perception and delusional notion linked to a perception.
Koehler K
Psychiatr Clin (Basel) 1976;9(1):45-58. doi: 10.1159/000283664. PMID: 1019367

Therapy

Schizophrenia: the nature of the psychological disturbance and its possible neurochemcial basis.
Crow TJ
Ciba Found Symp 1979;(69):335-43. doi: 10.1002/9780470720523.ch20. PMID: 44859

Clinical prediction guides

A major flaw in the diagnosis of schizophrenia: what happened to the Schneider's first rank symptoms.
Moscarelli M
Psychol Med 2020 Jul;50(9):1409-1417. Epub 2020 Jun 11 doi: 10.1017/S0033291720001816. PMID: 32524921
Physiognomic perception, vitality affect and delusional perception in autism.
Kobayashi R
Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 1999 Oct;53(5):549-55. doi: 10.1046/j.1440-1819.1999.00604.x. PMID: 10595678
'Meaningful' patterns in visual noise: effects of lateral stimulation and the observer's belief in ESP.
Brugger P, Regard M, Landis T, Cook N, Krebs D, Niederberger J
Psychopathology 1993;26(5-6):261-5. doi: 10.1159/000284831. PMID: 8190845

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