Beliefs remain fundamental to our behavior and identity, but are not well understood. Delusions, on the other hand, are fixed, usually false, beliefs that are strongly held, but not widely shared.

People with Capgras syndrome can harbor other delusional beliefs as well, including the misidentification of objects. The term derives from the French psychiatrist Joseph Capgras, who first ...

A delusion is a belief that is impossible, incredible or false. Despite this, the individual is very sure the belief is true. And this certainty endures despite evidence to the contrary.

Delusions are defined as “false beliefs based on incorrect inference about external reality that persist despite the evidence to the contrary.” Unfortunately, Dr. Gallagher is someone who has ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) High levels of social media use are closely linked to psychiatric disorders involving delusions, such as narcissistic personality disorder and body dysmorphic ...

"She was not in any way involved in Tamer Moustafa’s delusional belief, save she was married to a man he thought was having an affair with his wife." The couple's eldest son, Ibraheam ...

To be delusional is to be characterized by or holding false beliefs or judgments about reality that are held despite incontrovertible evidence to the contrary. And, according to Richard Foster of ...