mental health condition where a person cannot differentiate between real and imagined
0.05% to 0.1% of the population
often experience non-bizarre delusions
Symptoms
- feelings of being exploited
- preoccupation with trust and loyalty
- tendency to read threatening meanings into benign remarks
- holding grudges
- readiness to respond and react to perceived
Types
Erotomanic
people who believe that another person, especially someone famous or important, is in love with them. Engages in stalking
Grandiose
overinflated sense of self-worth, power, knowledge, identity
Jealous
believe that others are cheating on them
Persecutory
they’re being wronged with
Somatic
involve bodily functions or sensations
Mixed
Causes and risk factors
genetic biological environmental
Treatment
individual psychotherapy CBT