Table 1.
Some Monothematic Delusions
| Delusion | Example Content of False Belief | Representative Papers |
| Capgras delusion | “That's not my wife, it is an impostor who looks just like her” | Joseph et al6; Edelstyn and Oyebode7 |
| Cotard delusion | “I am dead” | Young et al8; Young and Leafhead9 |
| Fregoli delusion | “I am constantly being followed by people I know, but I can't recognize them because they are always in disguise” | De Pauw et al10; Mojtabaj11 |
| Mirrored-self misidentification | “The person I see when I look in the mirror isn't me, it is some stranger who looks like me” | Spangenberg et al12; Breen et al13 |
| Somatoparaphrenia | “This limb isn't mine, it is yours” | Bisiach et al14; Halligan et al15 |
| Anosognosia for hemiplegia | “My left arm is not paralyzed” | Berti et al16; Davies et al17 |
| Hysterical paralysis | “My left arm is paralyzed” | Marshall et al18; Vuilleumier et al19 |
| Alien control | “Other people can control the movements of my body” | Frith and Done20; Stirling et al21 |
| De Clerambault's delusion (erotomania) | “Person X is secretly in love with me” (Person X being some important or famous person who has never encouraged this idea) | Kennedy et al22; Calil and Terra23 |
| Othello syndrome (pathological jealousy) | “My wife is having an affair” | Richardson et al24; Silva and Leong25 |