Synonyms
Capgras syndrome; De Clerambault’s syndrome; Delusional halitosis; Delusions of infestation; Delusion of interpretation; Delusional parasitosis; Dermatophobia; Erotomania (also known as de Clerambault’s syndrome); Ekbom syndrome; Inventors delusion; Inventors’ psychosis or “inventors” delusion (in German: “Erfinderwahn” or “Erfindungswahn”); Megalomania; Michael Kohlhaas’ syndrome; Koro; Othello syndrome; Paranoid delusions; Paranoid psychosis; Paranoia; Persecutory delusions; Querulous paranoia; Sensitive delusion of reference; Psychose passionelle
Definition
Paranoia/paranoid psychosis was renamed by Winokur (1977) as delusional disorder. Different forms of the disorder have been well described since the early nineteenth century (Grover et al. 2006). Delusional disorder is characterized by the presence of one or more delusions. Apart from the impact of the delusions, functioning is not markedly impaired and behavior is not obviously bizarre or odd. Delusions must have a...
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Bitter, I. (2014). Delusional Disorder. In: Stolerman, I., Price, L. (eds) Encyclopedia of Psychopharmacology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27772-6_246-2
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