Truman Show delusion, also called Truman syndrome or Truman disorder, is a delusion in which a person believes their life is a staged reality show or that they are being watched on hidden cameras. The psychiatrist Joel Gold and the neurophilosopher Ian Gold, brothers, coined the term in 2008 on film boards, naming it after the 1998 film The Truman Show.
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Type of Phenomenon Diagnostic ChapterSchizophrenia or Other Primary Psychotic Disorders 2 First Described Year Everyday Context Connections
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Source Truman Show delusion (Wikipedia)
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1. Wikipedia: Truman Show delusion
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truman_Show_delusionQuote, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truman_Show_delusion
a type of delusion in which the person believes that their life is a staged reality show
2. ICD-11 Browser (WHO)
World Health Organization- Diagnostic Chapter: Schizophrenia or Other Primary Psychotic Disorders
3. Truman Show delusion (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia Truman Show delusion lead paragraph (w-bbfill-psymath4-0926)
coined in 2008
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The Truman Show delusion is not officially recognized nor listed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of the American Psychiatric Association.
In Branch: Abnormal Psychology, Lead section
Truman Show delusion, also known as Truman syndrome or Truman disorder, is a type of delusion in which the person believes that their life is a staged reality show, or that they are being watched on cameras.
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