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Beeinträchtigungswahn

English translation: persecutory delusion

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German term or phrase:Beeinträchtigungswahn
English translation:persecutory delusion
Entered by: elizabeth_med

07:41 Oct 15, 2019
German to English translations [PRO]
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German term or phrase: Beeinträchtigungswahn
"Psychopathologisch standen akustische und optische Halluzinationen, Reeinträchtigungswahn, Wahnstimmung sowie eine gedrückte Stimmungslage begleitet von Ängsten im Vordergrund."

From a case report about a woman with psychiatric disorders.
elizabeth_med
France
Local time: 05:03
persecutory delusion
Explanation:
https://flexikon.doccheck.com/de/Beeinträchtigungswahn

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persecutory_delusion
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Jakub Rychter, PhD
Spain
Local time: 05:03
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3 +2persecutory delusion
Jakub Rychter, PhD
4 +1delusional insanity
Michael Martin, MA
Summary of reference entries provided
see
liz askew

  

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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
persecutory delusion


Explanation:
https://flexikon.doccheck.com/de/Beeinträchtigungswahn

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persecutory_delusion


Jakub Rychter, PhD
Spain
Local time: 05:03
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in DutchDutch
PRO pts in category: 153

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Lirka: sounds right-- a positive symptom of paranoid schizophrenia
8 hrs
  -> Thank you, lirka.
agree  Harald Moelzer (medical-translator)
1 day 5 hrs
  -> Thank you, Harald.
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11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
delusional insanity


Explanation:
"Paranoia in the elderly had first surfaced as an independent disease in the sixth edition (1899) of the Kraepelin textbook as presenile delusional insanity (praeseniler Beeinträchtigungswahn)."

http://historical_psychiatry.enacademic.com/201

Michael Martin, MA
United States
Local time: 23:03
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Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 159

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Adrian MM.: PS according to my Vienna & North London psycho-acquaintances, Adolf H. had been a 'borderline' case.
12 hrs
  -> Thanks, Adrian.//Do they have insights on any contemporary nut jobs in high office?
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Reference comments


2 hrs
Reference: see

Reference information:
A Historical Dictionary of Psychiatry - Page 211 - Google Books Result
https://books.google.co.uk › books
Edward Shorter - 2005 - ‎Medical
(See PSYCHOSIS: EMERGENCE: sensitive delusions of reference [1918].) ... textbook as presenile delusional insanity (praeseniler Beeinträchtigungswahn).

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https://books.google.co.uk › books
Alistair Munro - 1999 - ‎Medical
Late paraphrenia In the sixth edition of his textbook (1899), Kraepelin introduced another delusional psychosis – presenile delusional insanity – which (despite ...

liz askew
United Kingdom
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 166
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