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  1. Jan 21, 2021 · Although delusions occur in several psychiatric disorders, they have been most paradigmatically associated with schizophrenia. In contemporary definitions of schizophrenia in DSM-5 and ICD-10, delusions, alongside, for example, hallucinations and negative symptoms, constitute key diagnostic criteria.

  2. Aug 3, 2021 · The findings suggest that delusions are often embedded in wide-ranging alterations of basic reality experience, involving quasi-ineffable atmospheric and ontological qualities that undermine participants' sense of the world as unambiguously real, fully present, and shared with others.

    • Jasper Feyaerts, Jasper Feyaerts, Wouter Kusters, Zeno Van Duppen, Stijn Vanheule, Inez Myin-Germeys...
    • 2021
  3. May 3, 2022 · Effective clinical care for individuals with psychosis might need adapting to match more closely, and take account of, the subjective experience and meaning of delusions as they are lived through, which might also help redress power imbalances and enduring epistemic injustices in mental health.

  4. Apr 10, 2024 · Hallucinations and delusions are two cornerstones of psychosis, a collection of symptoms that can occur across a range of psychiatric disorders and stems from a reduced ability to disentangle...

  5. Feb 8, 2017 · Delusions, the fixed false beliefs characteristic of psychotic illness, have long defied understanding despite their response to pharmacological treatments (e.g., D 2 receptor antagonists). However, it can be challenging to discern what makes beliefs delusional compared with other unusual or erroneous beliefs.

    • Erin J. Feeney, Stephanie M. Groman, Jane R. Taylor, Philip R. Corlett
    • 2017
  6. Mar 1, 2020 · Definition. Delusional disorder is a psychotic disorder, characterized by well-systematized and long-lasting delusions, whereas other mental and personality domains usually remain intact.

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  8. Jan 1, 2016 · This chapter gives an illustrated overview of recent philosophical work on the concept of delusion. Drawing on a number of case vignettes, examples are given of the wide range of theories that has been advanced to explain this most challenging of experiences.