Delusional Disorder
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Delusional disorder is an illness characterized by the presence of nonbizarre delusions in the absence of other mood or psychotic symptoms. Diagnostic Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Text Revision (DSM-IV-TR) (APA, 2000) defines delusions as false beliefs based on incorrect inference about external reality that persist despite the evidence to the contrary and these beliefs are not ordinarily accepted by other members of the person's culture or subculture.
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اختلال هذیانی در بیماران سرپایی و بستری بیمارستان روزبه تهران
Objectives: delusional disorder is not a common psychotic disorder, often characterized by single and systematic delusion. The present study was designed to examine delusional disorder in terms of epidemiology, symptomatology and, phenomenology. Method: the subjects were 51 patients (34 male, 17 female, 45 hospitalized, and 6 out patients), who were diagnosed as suffering from delusional di...
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