From collective memory to clinical cases: analyzing political delusions in patients with psychotic disorders.
BMC Psychiatry November 3, 2025 Ahmet Selim Başaran, Hande Gazey, Sena Çağlayan et al.
BACKGROUND: Politically charged public life supplies powerful symbols that can be recruited into delusional meaning-making. This study examined how political contexts shape the content and experiential structure of delusions in patients with psychotic disorders in Turkey. METHODS: We conducted a retrospective, archive-based qualitative study of inpatient psychiatric records from a tertiary...