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. 2023 Jul 7;14:1209485. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1209485

Table 2.

Frequency of attenuated and transient delusional ideas (SIPS-P1, SIPS-P2, and SIPS-P3) in CHR patients in descending order (N = 232).

SIPS No. Content of attenuated and transient delusional ideas n (%)
P2 Paranoid ideas of reference (negative gazes of passers-by) 57 (24.6%)
P2 Ideas that others intend to harm the patient (not physically) 29 (12.5%)
P1E Ideas of being the center of non-negative attention 26 (11.2%)
P1D Nihilistic ideas about the non-existence of others 25 (10.8%)
P2 Ideas that others intend to physically harm the patient 25 (10.8%)
P1E Non-paranoid ideas of being especially addressed by random events (e.g., media) 24 (10.3%)
P1B Experiences of mind being read 17 (7.3%)
P1D Nihilistic ideas about own non-existence 17 (7.3%)
P1D Exaggerated ideas of guilt 15 (6.5%)
P1D Hypochondriac ideas 14 (6.0%)
P2 General mistrust 14 (6.0%)
P1B Audible thoughts (heard by others) 12 (5.2%)
P1B Thought insertion 10 (4.3%)
P2 Paranoid ideas of reference involving friends/family 10 (4.3%)
P3 Grandiose ideas with respect to own (natural) abilities 10 (4.3%)
P2 Ideas of persecution 9 (3.9%)
P1C Belief in supernatural phenomena (ghosts, telepathy, afterlife, power of the universe, etc.) 8 (3.4%)
P2 Mistrust of friends 8 (3.4%)
P2 Increased vigilance due to feeling unsafe 8 (3.4%)
P1B Thought broadcasting 7 (3.0%)
P2 Ideas of being threatened/observed by supernatural/invisible beings 7 (3.0%)
P1D Unusual and unrealistic ideas about the own body 6 (2.6%)
P2 Ideas of being excluded 6 (2.6%)
P1B Experience of being controlled by external forces 5 (2.2%)
P2 Ideas of being under surveillance (not solely observation) 5 (2.2%)
P3 Grandiose ideas of becoming famous 5 (2.2%)
P1D Ideas of jealousy 4 (1.7%)
P2 Ideas that others would exploit the patient 4 (1.7%)
P3 Grandiose ideas with respect to own supernatural abilities 4 (1.7%)
P1C Numbers have special meaning (magical thinking) 3 (1.3%)
P1C Ideas that things in the surrounding have a special meaning (magical thinking) 3 (1.3%)
P1D Ideas of being part of a movie, computer game, etc. 3 (1.3%)
P3 Grandiose ideas of being chosen to fulfill a greater plan (e.g., by God) 3 (1.3%)
P1B Thought withdrawal 2 (0.9%)
P1 Ideas that strangers know something about patient 2 (0.9%)
P1C Ideas of being directly affected by other persons feelings/actions 2 (0.9%)
P1C Tendency to see relations between random events 2 (0.9%)
P1C Unusual ideas about the world 2 (0.9%)
P1D Ideas of the existence of another reality/universe 2 (0.9%)
P1D Ideas of vanishing from the world 2 (0.9%)
P1D Nihilistic ideas of being dead/dying 2 (0.9%)
P1D Ideas of observing oneself from a birds-eye perspective 2 (0.9%)
P1D Erotomane ideas 2 (0.9%)
P2 Ideas that others intend to poison the patient 2 (0.9%)
P2 Ideas of being at risk of falling victim to terror attacks or similar 2 (0.9%)
P1C Ideas that own thoughts could become real 1 (0.4%)
P1C Ideas that own actions would influence the surrounding 1 (0.4%)
P1C Ideas that positive thoughts might cause bad things 1 (0.4%)
P1C Belief that everything is connected 1 (0.4%)
P1C Belief in conspiracy theories 1 (0.4%)
P1C Ideas that others take over the patient's self/personality 1 (0.4%)
P1D Belief in fate 1 (0.4%)
P1C Unusual religious ideas 1 (0.4%)
P1D Ideas of being pregnant 1 (0.4%)
P1D Ideas that a part of the soul is separated 1 (0.4%)
P1D Ideas of not being a human being 1 (0.4%)
P1D Identity confusion (patient thinks s/he is someone else) 1 (0.4%)
P1D Demarcation experiences 1 (0.4%)
P2 Ideas that others wish the patient ill 1 (0.4%)
P2 Ideas of being observed anonymously (e.g., by cameras, internet, etc.) 1 (0.4%)
P2 Ideas that supernatural beings intend to harm the patient 1 (0.4%)
P3 Grandiose ideas of becoming enlightened/a higher being 1 (0.4%)
P3 Grandiose ideas of being a god/higher being 1 (0.4%)

P1 “unusual thought content/delusional ideas” with B: section “first rank symptoms”, C: section “overvalued beliefs”, D: section “other unusual thoughts/delusional ideas”, and E: section “non-persecutory ideas of reference”. P2 “suspiciousness/persecutory ideas”. P3 “grandiose ideas”. The bold values indicated the items with a frequency >5%.