Posted by Toph on August 17, 2005, at 22:07:05
In reply to Dead Certainty in the Cotard Delusion, posted by alexandra_k on August 17, 2005, at 18:32:47
Hi Alex. Still thinking I see, as always.
Delusions can be benign. I see lots of early-stage demented clients who have delusions about their earlier lives as they slip away from present reality. A delusion is dysfunctional and problematic when it disrupts the deluded individual's daily functioning or interferes adversely with the functioning of others. Are the dead people you describe dysfunctional because of their delusions? Is this condition ego-dystonic for the afflicted? If it is not both then they will not likely seek volutary treatment or respond to such treatment, it would seem to me.
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