1. By: Logan Peterson & Matthew Barnett

2.  A delusion is a belief held with strong conviction despite superior evidence to the contrary. Unlike hallucinations, delusions are always pathological (the result of an illness or illness process)  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delusion http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delusion

3.  Very little is actually known about what is different in the brain that has a mental illness  However “Science is rapidly developing new research techniques to help them understand how the brain of people with mental disorders is different from a healthy brain.”  Mental Health and Brain Research. elibrary, 2011. Web. 4/12/12

4.  Capgras Delusion  Schizophrenia  Lycanthropy  Apotemnophilia  Cotards Syndrome  Fregolis Syndrome

5.  You think people close to you have been replaced with imposters  Think that you yourself are an imposter  http://www.psychnet- uk.com/x_new_site/DSM_IV/capgras_syndro me.html, 2012. 4/12/12 http://www.psychnet- uk.com/x_new_site/DSM_IV/capgras_syndro me.html

6.  Brain damage from strokes or similar incidents  About 35% of cases are natural  Failure of normal recognition processes  http://www.psychnet- uk.com/x_new_site/DSM_IV/capgras_syndro me.html, 2012. 4/12/12 http://www.psychnet- uk.com/x_new_site/DSM_IV/capgras_syndro me.html

7.  Difficult to think logically, have normal emotions  Schizophrenia actually isn’t a split personality disorder  Not known what causes it  Although it is thought to have to with genes.  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth /PMH0001925/, 2012. 4/12/12 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth /PMH0001925/

8.  Irritable or tense feeling  Difficulty sleeping  Difficulty concentrating  As the illness continues, problems with thinking, emotions and behavior develop, including:  Lack of emotion (flat affect)  Strongly held beliefs that are not based in reality (delusions)  Hearing or seeing things that are not there (hallucinations)  Problems paying attention  Thoughts "jump" between unrelated topics ( “loose associations”)  Bizarre behaviors  Social isolation http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001925/

9.  “defined as the mental state of a man or woman where he/she thinks of his/herself as an animal, particularly a wolf”  Seems like more of a myth that actual disease  Associated with witchcraft  http://www.lsu.edu/faculty/jpullia/lycanthr ophy.htm, 2003. 4/12/12 http://www.lsu.edu/faculty/jpullia/lycanthr ophy.htm

10.  The desire to amputate a perfectly functional limb  Frequently connected to sexual desires  The cause of Apotemnophelia is still unknown  Depression is the main symptom of Apotemnophelia  http://cbc.ucsd.edu/pdf/apotem.pdf, 2008. 4/12/12 http://cbc.ucsd.edu/pdf/apotem.pdf

11.  Very rare disorder  People believe that they are a walking corpse  There really are not very many consistent symptoms and causes are not known  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotard_delusio n, 2012 4/12/12 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotard_delusio n

12.  Rare disorder  The person believes different people are just one person with many disguises  It is often associated with paranoia  Believed to be caused by a breakdown in face perception  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fregoli_delusio n, 2012 4/12/12 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fregoli_delusio n

13.  delusions  visual memory deficit  deficit in self-monitoring  deficit in self-awareness  hallucinations  deficit in executive functions  deficit in cognitive flexibility  history of seizure activity  epileptogenic activity  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fregoli_delusion, 2012 4/12/12 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fregoli_delusion

14.  Traumatic brain injury  Levodopa Treatement (medicine used to treat Parkinsons disease)  Fusiform Gyrus  Abnormal P300  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fregoli_delusio n, 2012 4/12/12 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fregoli_delusio n

15.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delusion http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delusion  Mental Health and Brain Research. elibrary, 2011. Web. 4/12/12  http://www.psychnet- uk.com/x_new_site/DSM_IV/capgras_syndrome.html, 2012. 4/12/12 http://www.psychnet- uk.com/x_new_site/DSM_IV/capgras_syndrome.html  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001925/, 2012. 4/12/12 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001925/  http://www.lsu.edu/faculty/jpullia/lycanthrophy.htm, 2003. 4/12/12 http://www.lsu.edu/faculty/jpullia/lycanthrophy.htm  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lycanthropy, 2012. 4/12/12 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lycanthropy  http://cbc.ucsd.edu/pdf/apotem.pdf, 2008. 4/12/12 http://cbc.ucsd.edu/pdf/apotem.pdf  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apotemnophilia, 2012 4/12/12 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apotemnophilia  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotard_delusion, 2012 4/12/12 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotard_delusion  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fregoli_delusion, 2012 4/12/12 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fregoli_delusion