secondary delusion
A delusion that arises as an attempt to explain or make sense of an abnormal experience, such as a hallucination or mood disturbance, in psychiatric contexts.
In schizophrenia, secondary delusions may arise as an attempt to explain auditory hallucinations.
一次妄想 (primary delusion) is a delusion that appears suddenly without any preceding psychological cause, while 二次妄想 is a delusion that develops secondarily to another abnormal experience.
Compound of 二次 (secondary) and 妄想 (delusion). The term is a direct translation of the English psychiatric term 'secondary delusion'.