On descriptive analysis of manifest delusions from the subject's point of view.

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Provides a descriptive analysis of manifest delusions and false beliefs, from the patient's subjective point of view. Suggests that a minimum of terms be used during a psychiatric examination. The examination should include information on the persons involved, their number and sex, the time when the noxious event occurred, and also the 'voice' in which the patient takes himself to be. The irrational delusions represent hypotheses taken as facts, and fantastic beliefs represent wishes taken as facts. Individuals who transcend the imperative and indicative levels in normal development, split into two classes - those with a leaning toward hypotheses and those with a leaning toward wishes. Some accounts of the comparative method by which items of psychiatric analysis are obtained are mentioned. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

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