Friday 17 July 2015

What Are Types Of Delusional Disorder

There are many people who face the problem of delusion, but it is difficult to identify the person with this mental sickness because they normally socialize and do the work, apart from the respective area of their delusion. The delusions definition can be understood, as a firm and unshakeable belief in something which does not exist. 

Patient’s suffering from delusion experiences the incidents which can happen in real like too, such as conspiracy against the patient, accident, being followed, deceived, falling in love and poisoned. These situations are created inside the mind of patient which he believes with full convection, but in reality either the situations are not present or they are highly amplified.

This mental illness usually happens during the period of middle to late lifespan of patient, and women’s are more affected by this illness as compared with the men’s.

Following are the types of delusional disorder:
  • Bizarre delusion:
In this situation the patient tends to imagine things and situations which are not possible to happen in real life.

For example: The patient has a strong belief that the internal organ of one person is exchanged with the internal organs of another person without any surgery and scar.
  • Non-bizarre delusion:
In this type of delusion, the patient creates the situations in his mind which are possible in the existing life.

For example: The patient has a firm belief that someone is behind him everywhere.
  • Mood-congruent delusion:
In mood-congruent delusion, the delusions are dependent or related to the patient’s mood or emotional state.
For example: The patient believes, that commentators of cricket match disapproves him or he firmly believes that he will fly and he will reach the top of the sky.
  • Mood-neutral delusion:
In this type of delusion, the emotional state or mood of the patient doesn’t create any difference.

For example: The patient can have a belief that, an extra head is growing out from the side of his head. In this type of situation, the mood of patient is usually natural; they are not feeling depressive or manic.

The doctors have still not found the exact cause of delusion disorder, but there are few symptoms which help in identifying the mental sickness in patient. These symptoms include low mood, hallucinations, getting angry and getting irritated. With the help of early identification of illness, medications, psychotherapy a patient can be cured, but the most important is the love and support of family members and friends.