Delusion

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A ”’delusion”’ is a fixed belief that is not amenable to change in light of conflicting evidence.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://imperfectcognitions.blogspot.com/2013/06/delusions-in-dsm-5.html|title=Delusions in the DSM 5|date=7 June 2013|website=Imperfect Cognitions|last=Bortolotti|first=Lisa|author-link=Lisa_Bortolotti}}</ref> As a pathology, it is distinct from a belief based on false or incomplete information, [[confabulation]], [[dogma]], [[illusion]], or some other misleading effects of [[perception]], as individuals with those beliefs ”are” able to change or readjust their beliefs upon reviewing the evidence.

A ”’delusion”’ is a fixed belief that is not amenable to change in light of conflicting evidence.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://imperfectcognitions.blogspot.com/2013/06/delusions-in-dsm-5.html|title=Delusions in the DSM 5|date=7 June 2013|website=Imperfect Cognitions|last=Bortolotti|first=Lisa|author-link=Lisa_Bortolotti}}</ref> 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.

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 [[psychosis|psychotic]] disorders including [[schizophrenia]], [[paraphrenia]], [[Mania|manic]] episodes of [[bipolar disorder]], and [[psychotic depression]].

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 [[psychosis|psychotic]] disorders including [[schizophrenia]], [[paraphrenia]], [[Mania|manic]] episodes of [[bipolar disorder]], and [[psychotic depression]].