A woman diagnosed as schizophrenic 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 and that she has the ability to end poverty and homelessness indicates a delusion of grandeur. This delusion involves a false belief in one's own importance, power, knowledge, or identity.

A Woman Diagnosed as Schizophrenic Announces That She Has a Plan