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The 22 pages that link to Delusion, each with the reason it gives.

• PsychosisBroader topic: Delusions are one way psychosis disrupts judgments about what is real.

• HallucinationCompared with: Hallucinations are perceptual experiences; delusions are beliefs, though they can occur together.

• ImaginationCompared with: Imagining a possibility is distinct from believing it to be true despite evidence.

• ParanoiaNarrower topic: Persecutory delusions are a more fixed and clinically significant form of suspicious belief.

• Delusional disorderNarrower topic: Persistent delusions are the defining feature of this disorder.

• ObsessionsCompared with: Obsessions are typically experienced as intrusive thoughts, not fixed beliefs accepted as true.

• Karl JaspersRelated: Jaspers distinguished delusions understandable from life history from those he considered psychologically un-understandable.

• ApopheniaRelated: Apophenic experiences can contribute to delusional interpretations, though they are not themselves delusions.

• Cognitive behavioral therapy for psychosisRelated: Understanding belief conviction and meaning helps shape collaborative therapeutic work.

• Dementia praecoxRelated: Delusions were among the symptoms found in cases Kraepelin grouped together.

• Brief psychotic disorderBroader topic: Delusions are one possible core symptom of the disorder.

• Paris syndromeRelated: Some reported severe episodes include delusional thinking, though it is not universal.

• Clinical lycanthropyNarrower topic: The belief of becoming a wolf is classified as a delusion.

• Delusional parasitosisNarrower topic: The infestation belief is delusional when it remains fixed despite examination and evidence.

• Intrapersonal communicationCompared with: It is a clinical belief phenomenon, not simply ordinary internal communication.

• MonomaniaRelated: A fixed delusion was a common proposed focus of monomania.

• ParaphreniaBroader topic: Delusions were central features in Kraepelin’s descriptions of paraphrenia.

• Truman Show delusionNarrower topic: This experience is discussed as a specific theme of delusional belief.

• Clinical vampirismRelated: A belief about gaining power or transformation can shape an episode when present.

• Folie à deuxNarrower topic: The shared belief at the center of folie à deux is a delusion.

• Martha Mitchell effectBroader topic: The error is treating an accurate account as a delusion.

• Phantom vibration syndromeCompared with: Phantom vibration is a fleeting sensation, not a fixed false belief.