Topic: Delusional Disorder Author: Ghina Mohamad Kaskas Editor: Ihdaa Mahmoud Bani Khalaf, Sadeen Eid. Reviewer: Ethar Hazaimeh Keywords: Delusional disorder, delusions, antipsychotics, paranoid psychosis Overview Delusional disorder (DD) is a condition in which a person has monothematic delusions for more than a month. [4] This disorder has multiple names, including paranoia, paranoid condition, paranoid reaction, paraphrenia, paranoid state, paranoid psychosis, and paranoid disorder. [6] The first comprehensive psychopathological description of paranoia was described by Esquirol in 1838 as partial delirium, which, in the end, was named partial psychosis. [10] After that, Kraeplin separated paranoia (precursor of DD) from his dementia […]