Delusional perception describes, confusingly, a true perception, to which a patient attributes a false meaning. For example, a perfectly normal event such as the traffic lights turning red may be interpreted by the patient as meaning that the martians are about to land.
It is suggestive of schizophrenia, and is one of Schneider's first rank symptoms.
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