Referential thinking

Definition

Ideation, not held with delusional intensity, that random or coincidental events are of particular and unusual significance to the person.

Exclusions

• Delusion of reference (MB26.03)

Also indexed as

Nearby in Symptoms or signs involving content of thought

• MB26.0Delusion
• MB26.1Experiences of influence, passivity, and control
• MB26.2Grandiosity
• MB26.3Homicidal ideation
• MB26.4Identity disturbance
• MB26.5Obsessions
• MB26.6Overvalued ideas
• MB26.7Paranoid ideation