Psychological fixation of holding false beliefs in spite of clearly disqualifying proofs
For other uses, see Delusion (disambiguation).
See also: Delusional disorder
Medical condition
Delusion
Specialty
Psychiatry
A delusion[a] is a false fixed belief that is not amenable to change in light of conflicting evidence.[2] As a pathology, it is distinct from a belief based on false or incomplete information, confabulation, dogma, illusion, hallucination, or some other misleading effects of perception, as individuals with those beliefs are able to change or readjust their beliefs upon reviewing the evidence. However:
"The distinction between a delusion and a strongly held idea is sometimes difficult to make and depends in part on the degree of conviction with which the belief is held despite clear or reasonable contradictory evidence regarding its veracity."[2]
Delusions have been found to occur in the context of many pathological states (both general physical and mental) and are of particular diagnostic importance in psychotic disorders including schizophrenia, paraphrenia, manic episodes of bipolar disorder, and psychotic depression.
^ abBortolotti L (7 June 2013). "Delusions in the DSM 5". Imperfect Cognitions.
Cite error: There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or {{efn}} templates on this page, but the references will not show without a {{reflist|group=lower-alpha}} template or {{notelist}} template (see the help page).
A delusion is a false fixed belief that is not amenable to change in light of conflicting evidence. As a pathology, it is distinct from a belief based...
Heavenly Delusion (Japanese: 天国大魔境, Hepburn: Tengoku Daimakyō, lit. 'Heaven Grand Makyō') is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masakazu...
Capgras delusion or Capgras syndrome is a psychiatric disorder in which a person holds a delusion that a friend, spouse, parent, another close family...
A persecutory delusion is a type of delusional condition in which the affected person believes that harm is going to occur to oneself by a persecutor,...
The God Delusion is a 2006 book by British evolutionary biologist and ethologist Richard Dawkins. In The God Delusion, Dawkins contends that a supernatural...
Grandiose delusions (GDs), also known as delusions of grandeur or expansive delusions, are a subtype of delusion characterized by extraordinary belief...
The Fregoli delusion (or Fregoli syndrome) is a rare disorder in which a person holds a delusional belief that different people are in fact a single person...
Glass delusion is an external manifestation of a psychiatric disorder recorded in Europe mainly in the late Middle Ages and early modern period (15th to...
Dread Delusion is a video game under development by independent developer Lovely Hellplace and released for early access by DreadXP in June 2022. Described...
Ideas of reference and delusions of reference describe the phenomenon of an individual experiencing innocuous events or mere coincidences and believing...
Delusional disorder, traditionally synonymous with paranoia, is a mental illness in which a person has delusions, but with no accompanying prominent hallucinations...
Delusion Rain is the sixth studio album by the Canadian rock band Mystery, released in November 2015 on Unicorn Digital. The album features a new studio...
Optical Delusion is the tenth studio album by English electronic music duo Orbital, released on 17 February 2023. According to the review aggregator Metacritic...
A religious delusion is defined as a delusion, or fixed belief not amenable to change in light of conflicting evidence, involving religious themes or...
A Truman Show delusion, also known as Truman syndrome or Truman disorder, is a type of delusion in which the person believes that their life is a staged...
Extraordinary Popular Delusions. The book was published in three volumes: "National Delusions", "Peculiar Follies", and "Philosophical Delusions". Mackay was an...
Insane delusion is the legal term of art in the common law tradition used to describe a false conception of reality that a testator of a will adheres to...
Heavenly Delusion is an anime television series based on the manga series of the same name written and illustrated by Masakazu Ishiguro. The series, produced...
Delusional parasitosis (DP) is a mental disorder in which individuals have a persistent belief that they are infested with living or nonliving pathogens...
Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion is a 2019 book by American author Jia Tolentino. The book consists of nine essays. Topics addressed in the essays...
of humans being subject to delusion about the three marks, this delusion resulting in suffering, and removal of that delusion resulting in the end of dukkha...
A monothematic delusion is a delusional state that concerns only one particular topic. This is contrasted by what is sometimes called multi-thematic or...
The Innovation Delusion: How Our Obsession with the New Has Disrupted the Work that Matters Most is a book by historians of technology Lee Vinsel and Andrew...
Pathological jealousy, also known as morbid jealousy, Othello syndrome, or delusional jealousy, is a psychological disorder in which a person is preoccupied...
Global Information