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| inability to concentrate attention; attention drawn to unimportant or irrevant stimuli |
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| excessive attention and focus on all internal and external stimuli, usually secondary to delusional or paranoid states |
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| observed expression of emotion; may be inconsistent with patient's description of emotion |
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| condition in which the emotional tone is in harmony with the accompanying idea, thought, or speech. |
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| full affect- full range of emotions are appropriately expressed |
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| the delusion that one's thoughts are being broadcast out loud so that others can perceive them |
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| The delusion that certain of one's thoughts are not one's own, but rather are inserted into one's mind. |
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| delusions that the person (or someone to whom the person is close) is being malevolently treated in some way. |
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| delusions that the individual's sexual partner is unfaithful |
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| defined as a false belief based on incorrect inferrence about external reality and firmly sustained despite evidence to the contrary. The belief is not part of a cultural tradition such as an article of religious faith. |
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| defined is a severe mental disorder characterized by gross impairment in reality testing, typically shown by delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, or disorganized or catatonic behavior. Persons with these disorders, some secondary or symptomatic disorders ("organic psychosis") and some mood disorders. |
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| a delusion of inflated worth, power, knowledge, identity, or special relationship to a diety or famous person. |
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| a delusion that involves a phenomenom that the person's culture would regard totally implausible |
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