Persecutory Delusion Causes & Reasons

Ad Label Ad Html Description Ad Text Description

Determine your risk of now. Restart test

Caution! In case of an emergency:

Seek emergency care

Hi, I'm Symptoma.

Persecutory Delusion Symptom Checker: Possible causes include Depression. Check the full list of possible causes and conditions now! Talk to our Chatbot to narrow down your search.

For full functionality of this site it is necessary to enable JavaScript.

How to enable JavaScript?

Possible Causes

Depression

A depression in geology is a landform sunken or depressed below the surrounding area. Depressions form by various mechanisms. Erosion-related: Blowout: a depression created by wind erosion typically in either a partially vegetated sand dune ecosystem or dry soils (such as a post-glacial loess environment). Glacial[…] [en.wikipedia.org]

Show info

Reactive Depression

In such cases, symptoms of amphetamine psychosis commonly include paranoid and persecutory delusions as well as auditory and visual hallucinations in the presence of extreme [en.wikipedia.org]

Show info

Endogenous Depression

Abstract We assessed the 8:00 AM ratio of free cortisol/18-hydroxy-11-deoxycorticosterone (18-OH-DOC) in 56 endogenous depressive inpatients and in 22 normal volunteers. A ratio higher than 40 was associated with a diagnostic sensitivity for endogenous depression of 75%, a specificity of 95.5%, and a diagnostic[…] [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Show info

Severe Depressive Episode

[…] symptoms: persecutory or self-referential delusions, or hallucinations without affective content Most patients return to normal mood between episodes, although around 20% [hopkinsguides.com]

Mood-congruent psychotic symptoms: delusions of guilt, worthlessness, bodily disease, or impending disaster; or condemnatory auditory hallucinations Mood-incongruent psychotic [hopkinsguides.com]

Show info

Schizoaffective Disorder

Refusal to eat based on persecutory delusions in chronic psychotic patients can cause malnutrition and result in Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

[citation needed] Persecutory delusions[edit] Persecutory delusions are the most common type of delusions and involve the theme of being followed, harassed, cheated, poisoned [en.wikipedia.org]

The following is a typical pattern: An individual may have pronounced auditory hallucinations and persecutory delusions for 2 months before the onset of a prominent Major [health.am]

Show info

Schizophrenia

Dysfunctional attitudes about attachment and performance in schizophrenia form the infrastructure for persecutory delusions and negative symptoms, respectively. [oadoi.org]

Clarifying the role of the JTC bias in delusions. Cognitive Neuropsychiatry 12, 46 – 77. Freeman, D ( 2007 ). Suspicious minds: the psychology of persecutory delusions. [doi.org]

Persecutory delusions and attributional style. British Journal of Medical Psychology 62, 191 – 198. Kinderman, P, Bentall, RP ( 1997 ). [doi.org]

Show info

Bipolar Disorder

Yet in contrast to other psychotic phenomena, such as auditory hallucinations and persecutory delusions, GDs have received little attention from researchers. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Persecutory delusions--People with delusions of persecution believe that they are constantly being persecuted, conspired against, attacked, etc., when nothing is actually [suicide.org]

Delusions Two types of delusions can occur during a manic episode: grandiose or persecutory delusions. [blackdoginstitute.org.au]

Show info

Alcohol Hallucinosis

Patients with AIPD presented mainly with auditory hallucinations, delusions (with predominant persecutory themes) and anxiety in the presence of a clear consciousness. [bmcresnotes.biomedcentral.com]

Show info

Organic Delusional Disorder

Abstract Three organic delusions, namely, “persecutory delusions in psychotic disorder following traumatic brain injury (PDFTBI),” “Capgras syndrome, a major form of delusional [link.springer.com]

Persecutory delusions revolve around a feeling that you are being singled out for mistreatment. [gomentor.com]

Keywords Anosognosia Capgras syndrome Neuropsychology Persecutory delusion Somatoparaphrenia References 1. [link.springer.com]

Show info

Delusion

Abstract OBJECTIVE: The major cognitive theories of persecutory delusion formation and maintenance are critically examined in this article. [ajp.psychiatryonline.org]

This “persecutory delusion as defense” hypothesis therefore predicts that persecutory delusions will be associated with 1) normal levels of overt self-esteem (the defense’ [doi.org]

In the DSM-IV-TR, persecutory delusions are the main feature of the persecutory type of delusional disorder. [en.wikipedia.org]

Show info

Somatic Delusional Disorder

Edited by Daniel Freeman, Richard Bentall, and Philippa Garety Abstract Persecutory delusions, the unfounded beliefs that others intend harm to the individual, are a major [oxfordclinicalpsych.com]

Persecutory delusions cause fear of being attacked or plotted against, and grandiose delusions cause an individual to believe that he or she is extremely praiseworthy and [covingtonbh.com]

The most common type of delusion associated with schizophrenia involves persecutory delusions. [schizophrenic.com]

Show info

Amphetamine Delusional Disorder

There are about a dozen different types of delusion, and initially Gold figured that The Truman Show delusion was a particular mix of persecutory delusions, grandiose delusions [abc.net.au]

In such cases, symptoms of amphetamine psychosis commonly include paranoid and persecutory delusions as well as auditory and visual hallucinations in the presence of extreme [cochrane.org]

Persecutory Type. [health.am]

Show info

Paranoid Personality Disorder

The patient would then focus on becoming aware of how this situation and emotion would link to their negative thoughts and persecutory delusions of others. [tamuct.edu]

Persecutory delusions are common: most paranoids believe that they are at the epicenter of conspiracies and collusions, big and small, quotidian and earth-shattering. [samvak.tripod.com]

delusions. [en.wikipedia.org]

Show info

Hallucinogen Delusional Disorder

Mood and affect are consistent with delusional content; for example, patients with persecutory delusions may be suspicious and anxious. [emedicine.medscape.com]

Persecutory delusions may rapidly develop shortly after use of amphetamine or a similarly acting sympathomimetic. [health.am]

Types 1) Persecutory Type  The delusion of persecution is a classic symptom of delusional disorder; persecutory-type and jealousy-type delusions are probably the forms seen [slideshare.net]

Show info

Disorganized Schizophrenia

Recently, a reader asked how to support, or what to say to someone who has persecutory delusions and confides in them. I thought this questi... [overcomingschizophrenia.blogspot.com]

Persecutory delusions are the belief that someone is going to be hurt in some way by a group or individual. [riverwoodsbehavioral.com]

They can also exhibit the following: anxiety anger aloof or argumentative behavior Those with persecutory delusions may also be violent or suicidal, but have the greatest [healthline.com]

Show info

Angiocentric Glioma

delusions, and aggression. [asianjns.org]

[…] lobe tumor, as seen in the present case, is reported in only one case. [6] This case was of 13-year-old adolescent who presented with auditory and visual hallucinations, persecutory [asianjns.org]

Show info

Vitamin B12 Deficiency

A 27-year-old gentleman presented with 6 months of progressive behavior changes characterized by wandering tendencies, persecutory delusions, apathy, mutism, irritability, [doi.org]

[…] or religious delusions, auditory and visual hallucinations, tangential or incoherent speech, and disorganized thought-process. 13 A causal association has been suggested [doi.org]

[…] cobalamin deficiency has been described for more than a century, through case reports and other studies. 10, 12, 13, 38 – 40, 48 – 50 Reported symptoms include suspiciousness, persecutory [doi.org]

Show info

Drug-Induced Delirium

Two weeks later patient suddenly developed delirium, characterized by nocturnal agitation, severe insomnia, daytime sedation, confusion, hallucinations and persecutory delusions [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Psychosis from cocaine or amphetamine use typically produces persecutory delusions. [americanaddictioncenters.org]

Show info

Psychosis

Persecutory delusions and auditory hallucinations are the most consistent symptoms of METH-associated psychosis (MAP). [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

A person with persecutory delusions may believe an individual or organisation is making plans to hurt or kill them. [nhs.uk]

Someone with depression or schizophrenia is more likely to develop persecutory delusions. [nhs.uk]

Show info

Acute Amphetamine Intoxication

In such cases, symptoms of amphetamine psychosis commonly include paranoid and persecutory delusions as well as auditory and visual hallucinations in the presence of extreme [cochrane.org]

Show info

Organic Hallucination

Delusions of guilt Unpardonable sin. Can give rise to persecutory delusions. Lead to suicide. Nihilistic delusions. [currentnursing.com]

Acute marijuana intoxication can produce a delusional disorder that may include persecutory delusions, depersonalization, and emotional lability. [dualdiagnosis.org]

[…] hallucinationD Delusions of control 30) A 19-year-old man is brought to the physician by his parents after he called them from college, terrified that the Mafia was after [gradestack.com]

Show info

Gastritis

delusions. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

[…] later, she started acting irrationally and became increasingly disorganized, irritable, and delusional and wrote a 16-page letter to her employer, incoherent but focused on persecutory [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Show info

Typhoid Fever

Typhoid fever (enteric fever) is a multisystemic bacterial disease caused by salmonella typhi. Common symptoms include fever, malaise, bradycardia, headache, abdominal pain, and constipation. As the clinical presentation of typhoid fever is variable, and since it is a potentially fatal condition, treatment is presumptively[…] [symptoma.com]

Show info

Cerebellar Stroke

These disorganized behaviors were driven by paranoid and persecutory delusions related to a friend's husband that were bizarre in nature. [neuro.psychiatryonline.org]

Case presentation We report a 56-year-old man who developed persistent persecutory delusions, hallucinations, cognitive impairment and flattened affect following an extensive [cerebellumandataxias.biomedcentral.com]

We report a case of psychosis involving persecutory delusions, auditory and visual hallucinations secondary to a vascular infarct affecting bilateral cerebellar hemispheres [cerebellumandataxias.biomedcentral.com]

Show info

Catatonic Schizophrenia

They can also exhibit the following: anxiety anger aloof or argumentative behavior Those with persecutory delusions may also be violent or suicidal, but have the greatest [healthline.com]

Types of delusions include: Persecutory delusions. The feeling someone is after you or that you’re being stalked, hunted, framed, or tricked. Referential delusions. [webmd.com]

Paranoid schizophrenia is characterized by persecutory or grandiose delusions, delusional jealousy, or hallucinations with persecutory or grandiose content. [medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com]

Show info

Delirium

Patients may have visual hallucinations or persecutory delusions as well as grandiose delusions. Some patients with delirium also may become suicidal or homicidal. [emedicine.medscape.com]

delusions. [britannica.com]

Paranoid schizophrenia was characterized by the presence of prominent delusions of a persecutory or grandiose nature; some patients were argumentative or violent. [britannica.com]

Show info

Agitated Depression

Symptoms may also include auditory hallucinations, confusion, insomnia, persecutory delusions, racing thoughts, restlessness, and suicidal ideation. [depression.wikia.com]

Show info

Alcohol Withdrawal

Even after a month, he continuously presented persecutory delusion, auditory hallucination and cognitive dysfunction. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Patients may have visual hallucinations or persecutory delusions as well as grandiose delusions. Some patients with delirium also may become suicidal or homicidal. [emedicine.medscape.com]

Show info

Mental Disorder

Two brothers with the previous long-standing diagnosis of RHS and their mental symptoms of persecutory delusion and depression are reported, as well as the additional problem [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

delusion Persistent Depressive Disorder (also known as Dysthymia ) Personality change due to a general medical condition Personality disorder Pervasive developmental disorder [mental-health-matters.com]

Association of violence with emergence of persecutory delusions in untreated schizophrenia. Am J Psychiatry. 2014 ;171(3): 332 – 339. [doi.org]

Show info

Medial Sclerosis

Psychopathological features The most common psychotic symptom experienced by our sample was persecutory delusions (13/15; 87%), followed by a lack of insight (12/15; 80%), [dovepress.com]

delusions, delusions of reference, poor insight, and second- or third-person auditory hallucinations) and a relative absence of negative symptoms. [dovepress.com]

delusions (eg, neighbors stealing her property, being poisoned by doctors, her husband having multiple affairs, and being filmed by hidden cameras), grandiose delusions [dovepress.com]

Show info

⚕ Symptoma®️ is a digital health assistant but no replacement for the opinion and judgement of medical professionals. By using this website you fully understand and accept that it shall not be used as a diagnostic system for decision-making. It absolutely must not be used to obtain, replace or overrule a clinical diagnosis by a healthcare professional. It is always for the medical professional to make the final diagnosis. The medical information provided on this website is of a general nature and can not substitute for the advice of a medical professional (for example, a qualified doctor or physician)! Information from the internet could and should NOT be solely used to offer or render a medical opinion or otherwise engage in the practice of medicine.