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Descriptor English: Delusions
Descriptor Spanish: Deluciones
Descriptor delirios
Entry term(s) ideas delirantes
Scope note: Falsas creencias sobre sí mismo o sobre las personas y objetos externos, que persisten a pesar de los hechos y que no se consideran sustentables por las personas que conviven con el individuo.
Descriptor Portuguese: Delusões
Descriptor French: Délires
Entry term(s): Delusion
Tree number(s): F01.145.126.200
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D003702
Scope note: 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.
Annotation: this is the French "délire"; do not confuse with ILLUSIONS
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VI virology
DeCS ID: 3713
Unique ID: D003702
NLM Classification: WM 140
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2015/01/12
Delusions - Preferred
Concept UI M0005795
Scope note 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.
Preferred term Delusions
Entry term(s) Delusion



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