Delusional Disorder: Paranoia and Related Illnesses

Delusionaldisorder,oncetermedparanoia,wasanimportantdiagnosisinthelatenineteenthandearlytwentiethcenturies,andonlyin1987wasitreintroducedintomodernpsychiatricdiagnosisafterbeingsubsumedwithschizophrenia.Thisbookprovidesacomprehensivereviewofdelusionaldisorderforpsychiatristsandotherclinicians.Beginningwiththeemergenceoftheconceptofdelusionaldisorder,thebookgoesontodetailitsmanifoldpresentations,differentialdiagnosisandtreatment.Manyinstructivecasehistoriesareprovided,illustratingmanifestationsofthevarioussubtypesofdelusionaldisorder,andrelatedconditionsintheparanoidspectrum.Thisisthemostwide-rangingandauthoritativetextonthesubjecttohaveappearedformanyyears,andthefirsttosuggest,basedontheauthor'sextensiveexperience,thatthecategoryofdelusionaldisordershouldcontainnotonebutseveralconditions.Italsoemphasizesthat,contrarytotraditionalbelief,delusionaldisorderisatreatableillness.