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+===== Delusions =====
 ==== Geriatric ====
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 See also: **[[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2671775/|Holt, A. E., & Albert, M. L. (2006). Cognitive neuroscience of delusions in aging. Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment, 2(2), 181.]]**
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+  * Delusions in the elderly can be different from those of younger patients.
-Delusions in the elderly can be different from those of younger adults.
+  * Delusions in the elderly are reality-based, unlike the fantastic delusions of early onset schizophrenia. Furthermore, delusions in the elderly do not share other characteristic symptoms of schizophrenia.[([[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2671775/|Holt, A. E., & Albert, M. L. (2006). Cognitive neuroscience of delusions in aging. Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment, 2(2), 181.]])]
+    * Thought withdrawal, thought insertion, and thought broadcasting are not typically seen in patients with late-onset schizophrenia
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+^ Delusion                               ^ Type               ^ Description                                     ^ Percentage of Delusions  ^
+^ Delusions of theft                     | Persecutory        | Patient is being robbed of possessions          | 20–75                    |
+^ Delusions of suspicion–physical anger  | Persecutory        | Harm to patient or patient’s loved ones         | 11–30                    |
+^ Delusions of jealousy                  | Persecutory        | Spouse is unfaithful                            | 3–16                     |
+^ Misidentification of familiar persons  | Misidentification  | Familiar person is misidentified                | 16                       |
+^ Misidentification of objects           | Misidentification  | Familiar object is misidentified                | 10–20                    |
+^ Capgras delusion                       | Misidentification  | Familiar person replaced by identical imposter  | 6–36                     |
+^ Phantom boarder syndrome               | Misidentification  | Phantom residents inhabit patient home          | 20–30                    |
+^ Mirror sign                            | Misidentification  | Misidentifies mirror image                      | 3                        |
+^ TV sign                                | Misidentification  | Misidentifies television image as real          | 7–8                      |
+^ Nurturing syndrome                     | Misidentification  | Deceased family members still living            | No range reported        |
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