Week 9 - Delusions

Mirrored-self misidentification

The belief that when you are looking into the mirror, the person you see there is not you, but some stranger that looks like you.

Capgras delusion

The belief that someone emotionally close to you - typically a family member - has been replaced by an imposter.

Cotard delusion

The belief that you are dead.

Fregoli delusion

The belief that you are constantly being followed by people whom you know but cannot recognise.

Somatoparaphrenia

The belief that some part of your body belongs to someone else.

Alien control delusion

The belief that other people can control the movements of parts of your body.

Two factor theory of delusional belief

The theory that suggests that in order to distinguish between delusions, we should ask two question.

What suggested the idea of the belief?
What prevented the proper evaluation of this idea?

What are the two factors that make up the two factor theory of delusional belief?