Tag: delusional disorder
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Sacred Geometrical Music Video: My Ayahuasca Journey
In August 2019, not long before I was diagnosed with delusional disorder, I had the opportunity to participate in a traditional ayahuasca ceremony with a shaman. Ignorant of my psychotic disorder, I took the opportunity for therapeutic purposes, and I had an interesting trip. My “spiritual counselor” aka psychic medium referred me to the group…
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Delusional disorder: an under-studied condition
If you want to get into the scientific nitty-gritty, listen to this presentation on delusional disorder by Erik Messamore, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Northeast Ohio Medical University. Dr. Messamore compares and contrasts schizophrenia with delusional disorder, explicates the DSM-5 chapter relating to delusional disorder, and he explains the results of several studies relating…
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Maintaining friendships with delusional disorder and ADHD
But how can we seek accommodation for a mental health condition in our personal lives? It hurts to lose friendships and relationships.
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Delusional Disorder v. Schizophrenia
Per psycom.net, in 2013, the American Psychiatric Association adjusted the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-V) to reflect the growing consensus that schizophrenia exists on a spectrum of psychotic disorders. Delusional disorder is on this spectrum. This makes sense to me, as I have had many of the symptoms of schizophrenia, however – quite fortunately –…
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