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de·lu·sive
/ diˈloōsiv/
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adj.
giving a false or misleading impression:
the delusive light of Venice.
DERIVATIVES:
de·lu·sive·ly
adv.
de·lu·sive·ness
n.
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Delusions associated with consistent pattern of brain injury.
Newspaper article from: Gastroenterology Week; 1/26/2009; 700+ words
; ...emergence and resolution of delusions as well as strategies to treat delusions." Examples of Various Research...rehabilitation unit had frequent delusion. While size of the stroke...significant predictor of delusions. When delusions occurred...
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"Internet Delusions": The Impact of Technological Developments on the Content of Psychiatric Symptoms
Magazine article from: The Israel Journal of Psychiatry and Related Sciences; 1/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...themes of delusional content such as delusion of persecution, delusion of grandiosity, delusion of guilt, hypochondriac delusions, religious delusion, delusions of jealousy, and delusions of love which can be found in every epoch and across different...
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Delusion of Oral Parasitosis in a Patient with Major Depressive Disorder
Magazine article from: Canadian Journal of Psychiatry; 4/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...associated with somatic delusions, together with the...patient suffered from the delusion that she was infested...role in forming her delusion. Our patient improved...specific treatment for delusion of parasitosis (4...Omar OH, Sherman RA. Delusions of ocular parasitosis...
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Consistent pattern of brain injury behind delusions uncovered.
News Wire article from: Asian News International; 1/14/2009; 700+ words
; ...ANI): Studying patients with certain delusions and brain disorders, NYU Langone Medical...study provides a novel theory for how delusions arise and why they persist. Writing...the brain for the injury, resulting in delusions. "Problems caused by these brain injuries...
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CONSISTENT PATTERN OF BRAIN INJURY BEHIND DELUSIONS UNCOVERED
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 1/14/2009; 700+ words
; ...ANI): Studying patients with certain delusions and brain disorders, NYU Langone Medical...study provides a novel theory for how delusions arise and why they persist. Writing...the brain for the injury, resulting in delusions. "Problems caused by these brain injuries...
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New data from University of Newcastle illuminate research in delusions.
Newspaper article from: Biotech Week; 8/27/2008; 700+ words
; ...Scientists discuss in 'Referential delusions of communication and reality...psychosis' new findings in delusions. "There appear to be two kinds of delusion of reference, which vary independently: delusions of observation and delusions...
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Scientists learn how familiarity breeds delusion.(The Dallas Morning News)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 4/23/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...disorder known as Capgras delusion. Victims of this delusion...identity, why is the result the delusion of a double? There must be...correctly. If it doesn't, then delusions may result when the brain...case, the study of Capgras delusion makes it clear that recognizing...
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Internet delusions. (Case Report).
Magazine article from: Southern Medical Journal; 1/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...encountering such Internet delusions to continue to report...IV) (2) defines a delusion as follows: A false...distinguish between a delusion and an overvalued idea...as is the case with a delusion). Delusions can be further classified...
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Caregiver's distress is associated with delusions in Alzheimer's patients.
Magazine article from: Behavioral Medicine; 9/22/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...delusions is associated with delusions in mild AD patients. The study...Inventory (NPI) (24) to assess delusions and defined delusion as the presence during the...patients, 22 had or had had delusions of any severity (global severity...
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Art and delusion (1).
Magazine article from: The Monist; 10/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...connection between delusion and imagined narratives...current thinking about delusions, which treats delusions...But the idea that delusions have some of the...traditional thinking about delusion. Bleuler said that...argued that the delusions of schizophrenia...the experience of ...
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Delusions
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders
Delusions Description A delusion is a belief that is clearly...absolutely convinced that the delusion is real. Delusions are a symptom of either...are also examples of delusions of control. Nihilistic delusion: A delusion whose theme...
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Delusion
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis
...that is at stake. Delusion is therefore something...the expression of delusions. In one, this...another dynamic of delusion, less sharp in...to him. Chronic delusions, in the French...impulses can turn into delusions of persecution...compromises and which the delusion of persecution ...
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Delusion/Delusional Disorders
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Psychology
Delusion/Delusional disorders...importance or glory. Delusions are generally experienced...ideas are categorized into delusions of grandeur, in which...importance. Another type of delusion are delusions of persecution, in which...
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delusion
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
delusion false belief based upon a misinterpretation...illusion, a distorted perception. Delusions vary in intensity, and are not...see depression ). Some common delusions include persecutory delusions, in which the individual falsely...
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Delusions Rating Scale
Book article from: A Dictionary of Nursing
Delusions Rating Scale ( DRS ) n. a tool to estimate the extent and effect of delusions in patients by means of a structured interview.
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