Symptom Breakdown: Delusions of Grandeur in Schizophrenia

Delusions of grandeur manifest as the belief that the individual is of high social importance, or that they possess highly developed skills of some kind. The individual’s belief in their self-importance is similar to the presentation of narcissistic personality disorder, but occurs only during the psychotic period/acute stage of schizophrenia and is not as extreme in the prodromal or residual stages.