There are a wide variety of mental illnesses and conditions that can be seen. These, for the well-being of those affected, are treated in the specialized sciences of psychology and psychiatry. Among them, psychosis stands out, a condition characterized by disconnection from reality and delusions. It is a mental state in which the patient experiences difficulties in relating to their social environment, performing daily activities, sudden changes in personality and disorganization of ideas. It is often confused with psychopathy, a personality disorder, in which there is not even one of the symptoms that do in psychosis.
Psychosis has a series of symptoms that can help diagnose the disease. Delirium is one of them. It is an experience in which an individual lives with certain unrealistic beliefs, which, according to the patient, can have an important effect on their life. It is considered to be typical of psychosis, being possible to find it in conditions derived from it, such as schizophrenia or depression with psychotic symptoms. Although, on some occasions, professionals prefer to refer to delirium as the "fever" of mental illnesses, an exact judgment cannot be made, since it occurs in many psychological illnesses, that is, it is ambiguous.
Delusions must meet three requirements: be supported by various "logical" beliefs, based on a simple structure; being incorrigible, a fact that is evidenced by the person's own experiences; furthermore, be unsuitable for the environment in which the subject is moving. It is also possible to identify it by how the "belief that must be shown to the world" or "the truth that must be revealed" was obtained, since the statements made by the person are not considered sufficient. Even though their convictions are shown not to be established in logic, patients will continue to affirm them and try to make others believe them as well.
The classic classification of delusions proposes dividing them into two large groups: tax delusions, whose most outstanding characteristic is the constant search for other individuals to support their claims, and defensive delusions, in which they choose to move away from the environment social, isolating himself completely.
