Delirant syndrome – or delusional disorder or persistent-minded disorder – poses a major challenge for the science that studies the mind, no one has managed to accurately classify the disease, nor do we know the cause, so interventions are not very successful.
Those with delirant syndrome have strange ideas or interpretations in the face of one aspect of reality, however, all other aspects of a person’s life are perfectly normal and rational, with a high level of coherence, meaning that illusion is the only symptom and remains isolated from other aspects of thought and personality.
- Delirant syndrome is also called paranoid obsession or simply paranoia.
- All these names show us the great difficulty that existed and exists to define precisely this concept and provide it with scientific support.
If some place it in the psychoanalytic field of neurosis, others do so in the field of psychosis. Obviously, the last word about his place has not yet been said.
“The river follows its brutal flow, but when a poet passes, it tones its delirium, and the waters, caressing the roots, drag a little?-Ricardo Goiraldes-
The main characteristic of those with delirant syndrome is that they are completely convinced of something that does not correspond to reality, beliefs that have a manifestly irrational content.
In extreme cases, you would think that he is a very famous superhero and that, therefore, there is a plan against him, in less extreme cases, can a person be convinced of his partner’s infidelity?Something that doesn’t exist in reality.
The content of this illusion, or mischial belief, generally refers to a unique aspect of life, that is, it is a stable content of a generally consecutive nature, that is, the person thinks that he is or may be the victim of harm. to him for what he represents in illusion. The most common thing is that this relates to ideas of greatness of oneself.
Usually these delusions, curiously, do not affect social or professional life, people who suffer from this syndrome generally do not tell everyone their concerns, on the contrary, they are super reserved in relation to their ideas, and that is why others do not even notice this peculiarity.
Personal functioning is normal in almost every respect, but is it dysfunctional only in one of them?And that’s what science hasn’t explained yet.
Delirant syndrome can occur at any time in life, as we said earlier, there is still no explanation and understanding of its cause, so it can be linked to several aspects. However, there are 4 contents that are most common in this type of psyche pathology.
The usual 4 contents of delirant syndrome are
There is a fifth group that is less severe and corresponds to the delusions of jealousy, it is an obsessive thought that leads to believing that the couple has parallel relationships with other people.
Unfortunately, many people with chronic delirant syndrome are not diagnosed or diagnosed with another pathology. Because of the irrational or strange component of their delusions, people are often diagnosed with schizophrenia, but obviously that’s not the reality. Misdiagnosis leads, of course, to inadequate or inadequate interventions, unfortunately.
This syndrome is very difficult to treat, mainly because therapeutic approach is often only psychiatric, drugs do not seem to have much improvement in the evolution of such cases, although they can help manage anxiety disorders, they are unable to change the situation This is not a biological problem, but a symbolic distortion.
For all of the above, the most appropriate treatment is psychological therapy, the limited data available on the syndrome show that the most effective model for these cases is that offered by the cognitive-behavioral current, so intervention based on this approach focuses on the reinterpretation of erroneous beliefs. Delirant syndrome can be cured.