Wednesday 14 December 2011

DELUSIONAL DISORDERS


DELUSIONAL DISORDERS


These are a group of disorders where long standing delusions are the primary or only manifestation of the illness.

·    Somatic Type: Delusions related to their body (a foul smell emanates from them, some of their body parts are misshapen, and some part of the body is not functioning).


·    Persecutory Type: patient believes that he is conspired against, harassed or bodily injured, spied or followed or poisoned by others.

·      Grandiose Type: Here the central theme is the exalted ideas about themselves, of birth, possessions and achievement.

·   Jealous Type: Allegations of infidelity are made against the spouse supported by ‘evidence’, which is inferred from a change in the spouse’s dressing style, wrinkles, and stains on the dress, etc. behavior or remarks made by the partner.  The inferences drawn are wrong and not factual.

·   Erotomanic Type: More common among females.  They centre on the belief that another person usually of a higher status or endowed with greater qualities is in love with her.  These subjects often pursue their objects of delusion physically or through letters and presents.


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