![]() ![]() So the person’s belief that they are making great and grand new discoveries or inventing wonderful new inventions, well, it’s not true, it’s a false belief.Īnd then, the person is shown the contrary evidence, they are shown that someone else has already invented the things or made the discoveries, and there’s evidence that this is a false belief. Other people have already invented the stuff or made the discoveries. Say you have this person who thinks that they’re inventing something that will save the world, or that they’re making some earth-shattering new “discovery” but then it turns out that it’s not true. So here, let me give you a clinical application scenario and see how you do. The Symptom: A fixed and false belief that is maintained despite contrary evidence. I’ll describe the symptom and you give me the clinical term. You’re a mental health person, right? So you should know symptom terms and definitions. ![]() ![]() Karen Woodall, you assert that you are an “expert”… I have a quiz for you. DSM-5 Narcissistic Personality Disorder Criterion 1: “Has a grandiose sense of self-importance (e.g., exaggerates achievements and talents, expects to be recognized as superior without commensurate achievements).” ![]()
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