When someone has persecutory delusions, they believe a person or group wants to hurt them. They firmly believe this is true, despite the lack of proof. It may occur with some mental health disorders.

What Are Delusions of Persecution? At some point, you’ve probably believed something that later turned out to be untrue. But if you have a rare mental illness called delusional disorder, no amount of ...

“Be There” initiative combats suicide. Source: Air Combat Command, used with permission Canadian psychoanalyst Don Carveth identifies two types of guilt, persecutory guilt and reparative guilt.

Canadian psychoanalyst Don Carveth describes the workings of persecutory guilt. We are familiar with the experience of guilt that results from breaking rules, whether familial or religious. There is ...

Delusions are false beliefs held with unwavering commitment despite proof they’re incorrect. Persecutory delusions — the belief that someone plans to harm, harass, or sabotage you — are the most ...

Julia Sheffield, Ph.D., a clinical psychologist at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, has dedicated her career to solving the mysteries of psychosis. As a clinician, Sheffield, the Jack Martin, MD ...

Delusional disorder, previously called paranoid disorder, is a type of serious mental illness called a psychotic disorder. People who have it can’t tell what’s real from what is imagined. Delusions ...