DELUSIONAL DISORDERS
Delusional disorder, previously called paranoid disorder, is a type of serious mental illness—called a "psychosis"—in which a person cannot tell what is real from what is imagined. The main feature of this disorder is the presence of delusions, which are unshakable beliefs in something untrue. People with delusional disorder experience non-bizarre delusions, which involve situations that could occur in real life, such as being followed, poisoned, deceived,...
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