what is the difference between a delusional and a schizophrenic person?

Answer 1

A delusion is commonly defined as a fixed false belief and is used in everyday language to describe a belief that is either false, fanciful or derived from deception. In psychiatry, the definition is necessarily more precise and implies that the belief is pathological (the result of an illness or illness process).

Delusions typically occur in the context of neurological or mental illness, although they are not tied to any particular disease and have been found to occur in the context of many pathological states (both physical and mental). However, they are of particular diagnostic importance in psychotic disorders and particularly in schizophrenia.

Delusional disorder is a psychiatric diagnosis denoting a psychotic mental illness that involves holding one or more non-bizarre delusions in the absence of any other significant psychopathology (signs or symptoms of mental illness). In particular a person with delusional disorder has never met any other criteria for schizophrenia and does not have any marked hallucinations, although tactile (touch) or olfactory (smell) hallucinations may be present if they are related to the theme of the delusion.

A person with delusional disorder can be quite functional and does not tend to show any odd or bizarre behaviour except as a direct result of the delusional belief.

It is worth noting that the term paranoia was previously used in psychiatry to denote what is now called 'delusional disorder'. The modern psychiatric use of the word paranoia is subtly different but now rarely refers to this specific diagnosis.

Delusional disorder may typically be one of the following types:

- Erotomanic Type : delusion that another person, usually of higher status, is in love with the individual.
- Grandiose Type: delusion of inflated worth, power, knowledge, identity, or special relationship to a deity or famous person
- Jealous Type: delusion that the individual's sexual partner is unfaithful
- Persecutory Type: delusion that the person (or someone to whom the person is close) is being malevolently treated in some way.
- Somatic Type: delusions that the person has some physical defect or general medical condition

While "Schizophrenia" is a term used to describe a complex,
extremely puzzling condition--the most chronic and
disabling of the major mental illnesses. Schizophrenia
may be one disorder, or it may be many disorders,
with different causes. Because of the disorder's complexity,
few generalizations hold true for all people who are
diagnosed as schizophrenic.

With the sudden onset of severe psychotic symptoms,
the individual is said to be experiencing acute schizophrenia.
"Psychotic" means out of touch with reality, or unable
to separate real from unreal experiences. Some people
have only one such psychotic episode; others have many
episodes during a lifetime but lead relatively normal lives
during the interim periods. The individual with chronic
(continuous or recurring) schizophrenia often does not
fully recover normal functioning and typically requires
long-term treatment, generally including medication,
to control the symptoms. Some chronic schizophrenic
patients may never be able to function without assistance
of one sort or another.

Answer 2

Delusional Disorder Schizophrenia

Answer 3

A delusional person doesn't hear voices

EDIT
No, I'm wrong... Schizophrenia is a delusional disorder, just a specific type, cause by a combination of genetic and environmental influences. So if you are schizophrenic, then you have a delusional disorder, but if you have a delusional disorder, it doesn't necessarily mean you're schizophrenic

Answer 4

The paranoid delusions of schizophrenics are induced by their mental illness. The beliefs of the religious are not induced by any kind of dysfunction. Belief in a higher being is not a delusion. There is no evidence that a creator does not exist, and there is much evidence and reason to believe that one does exist. A schizophrenic person has no credible basis for their beliefs, for example, "aliens are trying to suck my brains out when I sleep" is a belief that has no credible basis. No alien footprints next to my bed, no holes in my head besides the usual ones, no space ship in my driveway or in my back yard.......that is an unfounded belief. "God exists" is a belief with a basis. About 85-95% of the population believe it. Some type of god is mentioned in every culture and written about or talked about in every culture. The one true God has performed miracles to testify to His existance that were recorded by many men in many different regions at many different times. Many men fortold of future events (several hundred) in great detail claiming to have acquired the knowledge from God. So far they have been 100% accurate. Add these to the simple fact that things don't create themselves, (especially universes) and you have reasons to believe. Do yourself a favor and stop acting as if only unbelievers have any intellect or abilities to think independently. Come on, do you really rank yourself in the top 5%? And even if you do, do you really think that for thousands of years, there has never been a person that believes in God that is smarter than you? Get over yourself. Arrogance does not suit you.

Answer 5

Delusions are when you believe and live situations that are not really there. For example, a delusion of grandeur is someone who believes that he is a prince or of royality in any sense of the word and better than others.....Schizophrenia is a disease state that is also referred to as "bipolar disease" This person experiences highs and lows, euphoria and depression related to a chemical imbalance in the brain. The are usually on medication to try to balance the disease, Lithium is the drug of choice as well as antianxiety medication. Delusional behavior can usually be dealt with through psychological intervention.

Answer 6

>>>According to scriptures you cannot lose your salvation<<<

You can't? That's not what St. Paul wrote in the New Testament!

See Romans 11:22; Philippians 2:12; 2 Corinthians 5:10; Romans 2:6; Romans 5:2.

Answer 7

A delusional person just believes his/her own shyt and it is their way or the wrong way, Schizophrenic's hear voices telling them what to do, go off into another world where if it is said, then it must be done......spooky. But medicated we are perfect lovers. HeHeHe...

Answer 8

schizophrenia patients suffer from delusion.....
delusion is just a symptom.......