Which of the following is the best definition of a delusion:

A. false fixed belief
B. perceptual misrepresentation of a sensory image.
C. perceptual representation of a sound or an image not actually present.
D. pathological preoccupation.
E. a persecutory obsessional idea.


Answer: A. false fixed belief

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