[What is a delusional idea, delusion, chronic delusion? An attempt at definition].
1991
A Tholose
UI
MeSH Term
Description
Entries
D010259
Paranoid Disorders
Chronic mental disorders in which there has been an insidious development of a permanent and unshakeable delusional system (persecutory delusions or delusions of jealousy), accompanied by preservation of clear and orderly thinking. Emotional responses and behavior are consistent with the delusional state.
The individual's objective evaluation of the external world and the ability to differentiate adequately between it and the internal world; considered to be a primary ego function.
A false belief regarding the self or persons or objects outside the self that persists despite the facts, and is not considered tenable by one's associates.
Delusion
D006801
Humans
Members of the species Homo sapiens.
Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D013850
Thinking
Mental activity that is not predominantly perceptual by which one apprehends some aspect of an object or situation based on past learning and experience.