Grandiose Delusions



Featured speaker:  Richard J. Metzner, M.D.
Clinical Professor (Voluntary), Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine
University of California, Los Angeles

Type: On-Demand Webinar.  This enduring material was released 09/20/2026, and will expire on 09/20/2029.

Description:
Learning Objectives:

  1. Characterize three different categories of grandiose delusions 
  2. Describe five etiologies of grandiose delusions
  3. Identify five domains of harm caused by grandiose delusions
  4. Specify the two main medication classes used for grandiose delusions
  5. Discuss the role of confrontation in the psychotherapeutic treatment of grandiose delusions


Disclosures: 
All of the planners, reviewers, staff, and others involved with the content of this educational activity have reported no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. 

Richard J. Metzner, the presenter for this activity, has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.

Accreditation statement:  
The Psychiatric Clinical Faculty Association (PCFA) is accredited by the California Medical Association (CMA) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. 

PCFA designates this enduring material activity for a maximum of 0.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.