Delusional Perception

Delusional Perception Delusional perception is the misinterpretation of the significance of something perceived normally. For example, a person may be convinced that the particular color of books on a table indicates that he is going to die.
Delusional perception is a symptom that come under Schneider's first rank symptoms of schizophrenia. Having this symptom push the diagnosis more toward the schizophrenia. 
  

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Thought Block

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Acute dystonia, Extrapyramidal side effect of antypsychotic

Sustained, often painful muscular spasms,producing twisted abnormal postures. This usually occur within few hours to few days. Reversible and self limiting.
Management 
 Reduce the dose or change to a atypical antypsychotic.
 Emergency treatment with IM or IV anticholinergic (benzatropine)

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