Although they do not suffer from the hallucinations, emotional excesses, or personality disintegration seen in other psychoses, people who experience deeply held false beliefs about experiences that could occur in real life would be diagnosed with

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Delusional disorder is characterized by the presence of one or more delusions for a month or longer. Unlike schizophrenia, it does not involve hallucinations, emotional excesses, or personality disintegration. The delusions in delusional disorder are non-bizarre, meaning they involve situations that could occur in real life, such as being followed, poisoned, infected, loved at a distance, or deceived by a spouse or lover.

Although They Do Not Suffer from the Hallucinations, Emotional Excesses