Care for Women with Delusional Disorder: Towards a Specialized Approach

Delusional disorder is a difficult-to-treat clinical condition with health needs that are often undertreated. Although individuals delusional may be high functioning in daily life, they suffer from serious complaints sex-specific. The main aim of this narrative review to address these sex-specific and find ways integrating their management into service programs. Age an important issue. most first occurs middle late adult time corresponds menopause women, menopausal age correlates increased development both somatic psychological problems women. It associated rise the prevalence depression worsening prior psychotic symptoms. Importantly, women show low compliance rates psychiatric treatment medical/surgical referrals. Intervention at patient, provider, systems levels needed ongoing problems.