Delusional Disorder
Delusional disorder, previously called paranoid disorder, is a type of serious mental illness called a psychotic disorder. People who have it can’t tell what’s real from what is imagined. Delusions are the main symptom of delusional disorder. They’re unshakable beliefs in something that isn’t true or based on reality.
Cluster Number:
Wiki Number: W053
Diagnosis: Delusional Disorder
US Patients: 1% of mental health admissions
World Patients:
Sex Ratio: M;W1½
Age Onset: Age 40
Brain Area: neurotransmitters
Symptoms: strong beliefs, despite evidence; psychotic-out of touch with reality; holds them defensively
Progression: Types: erotomanic – another loves me; grandiose, jealous, persecutory, somatic-error on a medical condition or defect.
Causes: genetic; neurotransmitter, familial component
Medications:
Therapies:
Youtube Video: Delusions of Grandeur
Amazon or Library Book:
Tame My Viking Brain
Amazon or Library Book:
The Disordered Mind
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Support Group: nami.org; 800-950-6264;
(National Alliance on Mental Illness)
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Section 12.03.
4 CURRENT ARTICLES
FROM PUBMED
The world-wide medical research
reports chosen for each diagnosis
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PubMed article’s summary-abstract.
- A Somatic-Type Delusional Disorder Resulted in Severe Weight Loss With a Body Mass Index of 10.2: A Case Reportby Anas Ibn Auf on April 15, 2024
Weight loss is not uncommon in the field of psychiatry; however, when severe cases arise, it necessitates attention and thorough evaluation for accurate diagnosis and appropriate treatment. This report highlights the case of a 32-year-old man referred to psychiatry due to significant weight loss. The patient mentioned consuming small food portions, attributing it to an undetected stomach illness despite repeated investigations by previous treating doctors. His current weight stood at 31 kg, with...
- Catatonia and melancholia interface: exploring a new paradigm for evaluation and treatment. A case series and literature reviewby Yassir Mahgoub on April 4, 2024
CONCLUSION: The present study argues for a closer relationship between melancholia and catatonia based on our case series, historical review, overlap in phenomenology, and response to treatment. We propose provisional [Mahgoub] criteria for patients with severe depression and melancholia. The role of GABA agonists, such as lorazepam, can be explored as an option for patients with treatment-resistant depression who meet these criteria for melancholia.
- Impact of the early COVID-19 pandemic on adult mental health-related dispensed medications, hospitalizations and specialist outpatient visits in Norway and Sweden: Interrupted time series analysisby David Moreno-Martos on March 31, 2024
CONCLUSION: Differences in early COVID-19 policy response may have contributed to differences in adult mental healthcare provision in Norway and Sweden.
- Positive psychotic symptoms as a marker of clinical severity in a transdiagnostic sample of help-seeking adolescentsby Janko M Kaeser on March 30, 2024
The present study aimed to examine the association between the presence, number, and type of positive psychotic symptoms (PPS) and clinical severity in adolescent patients. Five hundred-six patients aged 11-17 years were assigned to either the noPPS (n = 341), the delusional beliefs only (del; n = 32), the hallucinations only (hall; n = 80), or the delusional beliefs and hallucinations (del&hall; n = 53) group. Generalized Structural Equation Modeling was applied to identify the best-fitting...