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Grandiosity

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The term “grandiosity” is used to describe the larger-than-life feelings of superiority often experienced by those in a manic, hypomanic, or mixed episode. It has been described as an exaggerated sense of one’s importance, power, knowledge, or identity. It may contain religious overtones. It also occurs in delusional disorder.

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  1. Department of Psychiatry Adult Psychiatry Clinic and Study Center, Indiana Universtiy Hospital, 550 N. University Blvd. Ste 3124, 46202, Indianapolis, IN, USA

    Natalie C. Blevins

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  1. Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and Professor of Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry Virginia Commonwealth University – Medical Center Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, VCU, 980542, Richmond, Virginia, 23298-0542, USA

    Jeffrey S. Kreutzer

  2. Kessler Foundation Research Center, 1199 Pleasant Valley Way, West Orange, NJ, 07052, USA

    John DeLuca

  3. Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and Neurology and Neuroscience, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey – New Jersey Medical School, New Jersey, USA

    John DeLuca

  4. Independent Practice, 564 M.O.B. East, 100 E. Lancaster Ave., Wynnewood, PA, 19096, USA

    Bruce Caplan

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Blevins, N.C. (2011). Grandiosity. In: Kreutzer, J.S., DeLuca, J., Caplan, B. (eds) Encyclopedia of Clinical Neuropsychology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-79948-3_2078

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