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281. Forensic Psychiatrist Investigates The Daybell Case

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How to Tell if You Have a Delusional Belief

By definition, a delusion shouldn't be in keeping with your cultural context. If you grew up in any kind of extremist community cult and you believe the same as everybody else then that technically is not a delusion. But I think this is different because they're in the Church of Latter-day Saints,. weren't they, as well as Mormonism to get that right? I think it might be the same thing. Even though they have bizarre beliefs about the end of the world, these were very, you know, and if she had those beliefs, those wouldn't be delusions if I was assessing her. Plus visions, I forgot to mention that she apparently had visions that she reacted to. So they

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