Delusions in Forensic Examinations

Jerzy Pobocha Abstract Different definitions of delusions and their history are critically examined. The analyzed definitions includeDSM-III, DSM-IVR, ICD-10 and those found in textbooks of clinical/forensic psychiatry and in dictionaries. Examples of mistaken diagnoses in forensic psychiatric evaluations such as, for example,latent schizophrenia, paranoid hypochondria, and schizophrenia, such as incorrectly diagnosed in A.B. Breivik of…