Glass delusion is a psychiatric disorder recorded mainly in Europe during the late Middle Ages and early modern period, from the fifteenth through seventeenth centuries, in which sufferers feared that they were made of glass and therefore likely to shatter into pieces.
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Type of Phenomenon Diagnostic ChapterSchizophrenia or Other Primary Psychotic Disorders 2 Sources
1. Wikipedia: Glass delusion
en.wikipedia.org: Glass delusion
2. ICD-11 Browser (WHO)
World Health Organization
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