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Abstract
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.
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- Delusion
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, virology.
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this is the French "délire"; do not confuse with ILLUSIONS
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Delusions. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D003702. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D003702
- Delusions. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delusion
- Delusions. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q189643