A woman diagnosed with schizophrenia announces that she has a plan to end poverty and homelessness in the world and that the Pope has given her secret instructions on how this can be accomplished. Her thinking is indicative of a delusion of

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The woman's belief that she has been given secret instructions by the Pope to end poverty and homelessness in the world indicates a delusion of grandeur, as she perceives herself as having special powers or abilities beyond what is realistically possible. This is not indicative of a delusion of persecution (feeling targeted or conspired against), thought insertion (belief that one's thoughts are not their own), or reference (interpretation of random events as specifically related to oneself).

A Woman Diagnosed with Schizophrenia Announces That She Has a Plan