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2. Mental status examination - Wikipedia

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   Delusions may be described as mood-congruent (the delusional content in keeping with the mood), typical of manic or depressive psychosis, or mood-incongruent (delusional content not in keeping with the mood) which are more typical of schizophrenia. Delusions of control, or passivity experiences (in which the individual has the experience of the ...

3. Mood congruence - Wikipedia

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   By contrast, mood incongruence occurs when the individual's reactions or emotional state appear to be in conflict with the situation. In the context of psychosis, hallucinations and delusions may be considered mood congruent (such as feelings of personal inadequacy, guilt, or worthlessness during a bipolar disorder depressive episode) or ...

4. Psychotic depression - Wikipedia

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   Delusions can be classified as mood congruent or incongruent, depending on whether or not the nature of the delusions is in keeping with the individual's mood state. [2] Common themes of mood congruent delusions include guilt, persecution, punishment, personal inadequacy, or disease. [9] Half of patients experience more than one kind of ...

5. Schizophrenia - Wikipedia

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   Schizophrenia occurs along with obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) considerably more often than could be explained by chance, although it can be difficult to distinguish obsessions that occur in OCD from the delusions of schizophrenia. [177] There can be considerable overlap with the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder. [178]

6. Psychosis - Wikipedia

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   Symptoms range from fluctuating moods and insomnia to mood-incongruent delusions related to the individual or the infant. [53] Women experiencing postpartum psychosis are at increased risk for suicide or infanticide.

7. Thought disorder - Wikipedia

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   A thought disorder (TD) is a disturbance in cognition which affects language, thought and communication. [1] [2] Psychiatric and psychological glossaries in 2015 and 2017 identified thought disorders as encompassing poverty of ideas, neologisms, paralogia (a reasoning disorder characterized by expression of illogical or delusional thoughts), word salad, and delusions—all disturbances of ...