Key points Delusional disorder can be hard to detect because the pathology is encapsulated and the person may seem very stable. If someone's delusion becomes believed by others and affects their ...

The different types of psychotic disorders include: Schizophrenia : Schizophrenia is characterized by delusions, ...

A new study from Simon Fraser University researchers has found a close link between high levels of social media use and psychiatric disorders that involve delusions, such as narcissism and body ...

MESA COUNTY, Colo. (KREX) – A member of a religious cult that was found responsible for the death of two girls had her appeal denied Thursday. According to court documents, Ika Eden appealed the ...

Joseph Sarmiento, through his appellate attorney, Robert M. Buttner, recently filed an appeal with the Pennsylvania Superior Court citing similar reasons raised by attorneys John Donovan and Cheryl ...

An Indiana man has been indicted again in a deadly Louisville shooting after the case was dismissed without prejudice earlier ...

At his sentencing for burglary in 2007, Michael Morva called the prosecutor evil and described rising from his body and seeing heaven after a beating in jail. Later, when he was convicted of ...

Cotard's syndrome, a rare and intriguing neuropsychiatric condition, is principally characterised by nihilistic delusions in which individuals believe that they are dead or non-existent. Although not ...

Rep. Paul Tonko (D-N.Y.) and more than 50 colleagues in Congress sent a letter to HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. expressing "grave concerns" over reports that staffing at the Substance Abuse and ...

Liv Morgan’s alleged stalker won’t face trial until next year. PWInsider reported on Friday that an unopposed motion has been ...

Ohio passed a law in 2021 that exempted people with mental illnesses from being executed. Nine inmates have been removed from ...

In my previous posts, readers learned about delusions both as a symptom and as a condition called delusional disorder. The latter is marked by the presence of delusions in the absence of other ...