<unk>  is a mental illness in which a person has delusions, but with no accompanying prominent hallucinations, thought<unk> , mood<unk> , or significant flattening of affect. Delusions are a specific symptom of psychosis. Delusions can be bizarre or non-bizarre in content; non-bizarre delusions are fixed false beliefs that involve situations that could occur in real life, such as being harmed or poisoned. Apart from their delusion or delusions, people with<unk>  may continue to socialize and function in a normal manner and their behavior does not necessarily generally seem odd. However, the preoccupation with<unk>  ideas can be disruptive to their overall lives. For the diagnosis to be made, auditory and visual hallucinations cannot be prominent, though olfactory or tactile hallucinations related to the content of the delusion may be present. The delusions cannot be due to the effects of a drug, medication, or general medical condition, and<unk>  cannot be diagnosed in an individual previously properly diagnosed with schizophrenia. A person with<unk>  may be high functioning in daily life. Recent and comprehensive meta-analyses of scientific studies point to an association between a deterioration in aspects of IQ in psychotic patients, in particular perceptual reasoning. According to German psychiatrist Emil Kraepelin, patients with<unk>  remain coherent, sensible and reasonable. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental<unk> s (DSM) defines six subtypes of the<unk>  characterized as erotomanic (belief that someone is in love with one), grandiose (belief that one is the greatest, strongest, fastest, richest, or most intelligent person ever), jealous (belief that one is being cheated on), persecutory (delusions that the person or someone to whom the person is close is being malevolently treated in some way), somatic (belief that one has a disease or medical condition), and mixed, i.e., having features of more than one subtype. Delusions also occur as symptoms of many other mental<unk> s, especially the other psychotic<unk> s. The DSM-IV and psychologists agree that personal beliefs should be evaluated with great respect to cultural and religious differences, since some cultures have widely accepted beliefs that may be considered<unk>  in other cultures. An earlier, now abandoned, nosological name for<unk>  was "paranoia".
Delusional disorder
Paranoid personality disorder
Externalizing disorder
Substance-induced psychosis
Internalizing disorder
Bipolar disorder
Dissociative disorder
Schizophrenia