Delusional Content in Patients with Schizophrenia- A Case Series

Abstract

Schizophrenia is a chronic and severe mental disorder that affects more than 21 million people worldwide. It is characterised by distortions in thinking, perception, emotions, language, sense of self, and behaviour. Common experiences include hallucinations, mostly involving hearing voices or seeing things that are not there, and delusions, which involve having fixed, false beliefs. This case series presents three patients with schizophrenia who came to the Department of Psychiatry with peculiar delusions. One patient, a 65-year-old, complained of an inability to walk due to the fear of being electrocuted. The second patient, a 25-year-old female, reported the ability to communicate with people in America without the use of any technology. The third patient, aged 20 years, presented with nihilistic delusions. These patients were managed with psychotropics, along with symptomatic treatment for their physical problems. They improved with the interventions and rehabilitation provided to them.