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 Connections
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Source Glass delusion (Wikipedia)
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1. Wikipedia: Glass delusion
en.wikipedia.org: Glass delusion
2. ICD-11 Browser (WHO)
World Health Organization
Glass delusion (Wikipedia)
In Branch: Abnormal Psychology, Lead sentenceQuote, In Branch: Abnormal Psychology, Lead sentence
Glass delusion is an external manifestation of a psychiatric disorder recorded in Europe mainly in the late Middle Ages and early modern period (15th to 17th centuries).
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