The Sensitive Delusion of Reference is a clinical entity described by Ernst Kretschmer and never integrated into mainstream nosographic systems. It represents the possibility of developing psychosis starting from a personality characterized by sensitivity, scrupulousness, and fear of judgment of others. The presentation of the following clinical case highlights how the overlap between this clinical entity and mood disorders leads to characteristic psychopathology, which has not been sufficiently detailed. In particular, the delusions, which always starts from the idea of reference and the shame in the face of the judgment of others, takes on characteristics of guilt during the depressive phases and persecutory themes during the activation phases. This clinical observation, which obviously needs to be confirmed on a larger scale, encourages a renewed interest in the concept of Kretschmer's Sensitive Delusion of Reference and creates the possibility of intersecting multiple psychopathological levels, for a more complete perspective on the individual case.

Transition Between Sensitive Delusion of Reference and Mood Disorder: A Case Report / Esposito, C. M.; Fiorentini, A.; Callari, A.; Galeazzi, G. M.; Brambilla, P.. - In: FRONTIERS IN PSYCHIATRY. - ISSN 1664-0640. - 12:(2021), pp. 712552-712558. [10.3389/fpsyt.2021.712552]

Transition Between Sensitive Delusion of Reference and Mood Disorder: A Case Report

Galeazzi G. M.;
2021

Abstract

The Sensitive Delusion of Reference is a clinical entity described by Ernst Kretschmer and never integrated into mainstream nosographic systems. It represents the possibility of developing psychosis starting from a personality characterized by sensitivity, scrupulousness, and fear of judgment of others. The presentation of the following clinical case highlights how the overlap between this clinical entity and mood disorders leads to characteristic psychopathology, which has not been sufficiently detailed. In particular, the delusions, which always starts from the idea of reference and the shame in the face of the judgment of others, takes on characteristics of guilt during the depressive phases and persecutory themes during the activation phases. This clinical observation, which obviously needs to be confirmed on a larger scale, encourages a renewed interest in the concept of Kretschmer's Sensitive Delusion of Reference and creates the possibility of intersecting multiple psychopathological levels, for a more complete perspective on the individual case.
2021
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712552
712558
Transition Between Sensitive Delusion of Reference and Mood Disorder: A Case Report / Esposito, C. M.; Fiorentini, A.; Callari, A.; Galeazzi, G. M.; Brambilla, P.. - In: FRONTIERS IN PSYCHIATRY. - ISSN 1664-0640. - 12:(2021), pp. 712552-712558. [10.3389/fpsyt.2021.712552]
Esposito, C. M.; Fiorentini, A.; Callari, A.; Galeazzi, G. M.; Brambilla, P.
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