A report on Delusion
False fixed belief that is not amenable to change in light of conflicting evidence.
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Schizophrenia
10 linksMental disorder characterized by continuous or relapsing episodes of psychosis.
Mental disorder characterized by continuous or relapsing episodes of psychosis.
Major symptoms include hallucinations (typically hearing voices), delusions, paranoia, and disorganized thinking.
Psychosis
12 linksCondition of the mind that results in difficulties determining what is real and what is not real.
Condition of the mind that results in difficulties determining what is real and what is not real.
Symptoms may include delusions and hallucinations, among other features.
Hallucination
6 linksPerception in the absence of an external stimulus that has the qualities of a real perception.
Perception in the absence of an external stimulus that has the qualities of a real perception.
Hallucinations also differ from "delusional perceptions", in which a correctly sensed and interpreted stimulus (i.e., a real perception) is given some additional significance.
Delusional disorder
5 linksDelusional disorder is a mental illness in which a person has delusions, but with no accompanying prominent hallucinations, thought disorder, mood disorder, or significant flattening of affect.
Bipolar disorder
4 linksMood disorder characterized by periods of depression and periods of abnormally-elevated happiness that last from days to weeks each.
Mood disorder characterized by periods of depression and periods of abnormally-elevated happiness that last from days to weeks each.
Hypomania is the milder form of mania, defined as at least four days of the same criteria as mania, but which does not cause a significant decrease in the individual's ability to socialize or work, lacks psychotic features such as delusions or hallucinations, and does not require psychiatric hospitalization.
Religious delusion
2 linksA religious delusion is defined as a delusion, or fixed belief not amenable to change in light of conflicting evidence, involving religious themes or subject matter.
Thought insertion
2 linksThought insertion is defined by the ICD-10 as the delusion that one's thoughts are not one's own, but rather belong to someone else and have been inserted into one's mind.
Grandiose delusions
2 linksGrandiose delusions (GD), also known as delusions of grandeur or expansive delusions, are a subtype of delusion that occur in patients with a wide range of psychiatric diseases, including two-thirds of patients in manic state of bipolar disorder, half of those with schizophrenia, patients with the grandiose subtype of delusional disorder, frequently in narcissistic personality disorder, and a substantial portion of those with substance abuse disorders.
Paraphrenia
1 linksParaphrenia is a mental disorder characterized by an organized system of paranoid delusions with or without hallucinations (the positive symptoms of schizophrenia) and without deterioration of intellect or personality (its negative symptom).
Antipsychotic
5 linksAntipsychotics, also known as neuroleptics, are a class of psychotropic medication primarily used to manage psychosis (including delusions, hallucinations, paranoia or disordered thought), principally in schizophrenia but also in a range of other psychotic disorders.