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The prevalence of this condition stands at about 24 to 30 cases per 100,000 people while 0.7 to 3.0 new cases per 100,000 people are reported every year. Delusional disorder accounts for 1–2% of admissions to inpatient mental health facilities. [7] [30] The incidence of first admissions for delusional disorder is lower, from 0.001 to 0.003%. [31]
Pathological jealousy, also known as morbid jealousy, Othello syndrome, or delusional jealousy, is a psychological disorder in which a person is preoccupied with the thought that their spouse or romantic partner is being unfaithful without having any real or legitimate proof, [1] along with socially unacceptable or abnormal behaviour related to these thoughts. [1]
Erotomania, also known as de Clérambault's syndrome, [1] is a relatively uncommon paranoid condition that is characterized by an individual's delusions of another person being infatuated with them. [2] It is listed in the DSM-5 as a subtype of a delusional disorder. [3] Commonly, the onset of erotomania is sudden, and the course is chronic. [4]
Delusional misidentification syndrome is an umbrella term, introduced by Christodoulou (in his book The Delusional Misidentification Syndromes, Karger, Basel, 1986) for a group of four delusional disorders that occur in the context of mental and neurological illness.
Hypermania – severe mania—mental state with high intensity disorientation and often violent behavior, symptomatic of bipolar disorder (hyper- (Greek) meaning abnormal excess) Hypomania – mild mania—mental state with persistent and pervasive elevated or irritable mood, symptomatic of bipolar disorder (hypo- (Greek) meaning deficient)
This condition is often seen in disorders like schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, delusional disorder, manic episodes of bipolar disorder, psychotic depression, and some personality disorders. [2] [3] Alongside delusional jealousy, persecutory delusion is the most common type of delusion in males and is a frequent symptom of psychosis.
Limerence is sometimes compared to erotomania; [15] [122] however, erotomania is defined as a delusional disorder where the sufferer has a delusional belief that the object of their affection is madly in love with them when they are not.
A thought disorder (TD) is a disturbance in cognition which affects language, thought and communication. [1] [2] Psychiatric and psychological glossaries in 2015 and 2017 identified thought disorders as encompassing poverty of ideas, paralogia (a reasoning disorder characterized by expression of illogical or delusional thoughts), word salad, and delusions—all disturbances of thought content ...