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Túlértékelt eszme

English translation: overvalued idea

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Hungarian term or phrase:Túlértékelt eszme
English translation:overvalued idea
Entered by: Jilt

10:10 Mar 31, 2014
Hungarian to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical (general) / Psychiatry
Hungarian term or phrase: Túlértékelt eszme
Dear forum,

Is there an English term for this?

Context (Ambulans kezelolapon beteg leirasaban):
Gondolkodasa alakilag ep, tartalmaban tulertekelt eszme nem exploralhato.

Jilt
Jilt
Netherlands
Local time: 17:16
overvalued idea
Explanation:
ennek a túlzott fokozata a delusion

http://psychcentral.com/encyclopedia/2008/overvalued-idea/
An unusual preoccupation which will yield to strong evidence disproving it.

http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/psychpedia/overvalued-idea
What Is an Overvalued Idea?
Overvalued ideas are similar to delusions, but are not maintained to the same degree and may seem less strange than delusions. Overvalued ideas may have an element of truth. For example, a person who works at a company may rigidly maintain the idea that he or she is the most valuable member of the company, that he/she will save the company from ruin, or that he/she will soon be made president of the company. People do not obsess over overvalued ideas to the same degree that they obsess over delusions, but still become preoccupied by them to such a degree that they interfere with normal functioning. A person with no computer science training might, for example, believe he is going to write the next great computer program and fixate on this idea rather than pursuing training in computer science or going to work.
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János Untener
Hungary
Local time: 17:16
Grading comment
Koszonom!
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overvalued idea


Explanation:
ennek a túlzott fokozata a delusion

http://psychcentral.com/encyclopedia/2008/overvalued-idea/
An unusual preoccupation which will yield to strong evidence disproving it.

http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/psychpedia/overvalued-idea
What Is an Overvalued Idea?
Overvalued ideas are similar to delusions, but are not maintained to the same degree and may seem less strange than delusions. Overvalued ideas may have an element of truth. For example, a person who works at a company may rigidly maintain the idea that he or she is the most valuable member of the company, that he/she will save the company from ruin, or that he/she will soon be made president of the company. People do not obsess over overvalued ideas to the same degree that they obsess over delusions, but still become preoccupied by them to such a degree that they interfere with normal functioning. A person with no computer science training might, for example, believe he is going to write the next great computer program and fixate on this idea rather than pursuing training in computer science or going to work.

János Untener
Hungary
Local time: 17:16
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Native speaker of: Native in HungarianHungarian
PRO pts in category: 28
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Koszonom!

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