Delirium of Mastery

Contents: The concept of delusions of persecution. Delirium of mastery. Prevalence and diagnosis. Treatment and prognosis.

Persecutory delusion is a special type of delusional disorder when a person thinks that someone or some hostile entity is acting against him. This mental disorder was first discussed in the 19th century after a series of

Delusion of mastery is a type of delusion of persecution, one of the variants of the Kandinsky-Clerambault syndrome, characterized by the presence of other people’s thoughts, feelings, desires, aspirations or beliefs that appear without the participation of the patient, as well as the idea of ​​the presence of volitional acts of “strangers” (persecutors) in the absence of any critics