Diagnostic criteria for 297.1 Delusional Disorder

A. Nonbizarre delusions (i.e., involving situations that occur in real life, such as being followed, poisoned, infected, loved at a distance, or deceived by spouse or lover, or having a disease) of at least 1 month's duration. 

B. Criterion A for Schizophrenia has never been met. Note: Tactile and olfactory hallucinations may be present in Delusional Disorder if they are related to the delusional theme. 

C. Apart from the impact of the delusion(s) or its ramifications, functioning is not markedly impaired and behavior is not obviously odd or bizarre. 

D. If mood episodes have occurred concurrently with delusions, their total duration has been brief relative to the duration of the delusional periods. 

E. The disturbance is not due to the direct physiological effects of a substance(e.g., a drug of abuse, a medication) or a general medical condition. 

Specify type (the following types are assigned based on the predominant delusional theme): 

Erotomanic Type: delusions that another person, usually of higher status, is in love with the individual 
Grandiose Type: delusions of inflated worth, power, knowledge, identity, or special relationship to a deity or famous person 
Jealous Type: delusions that the individual's sexual partner is unfaithful 
Persecutory Type: delusions 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 
Mixed Type: delusions characteristic of more than one of the above types but no one theme predominates 
Unspecified Type

Reprinted with permission from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Text Revision. Copyright 2000 American Psychiatric Association

A. Nonbizarre delusions (i.e., involving situations that occur in real life, such as being followed, poisoned, infected, loved at a distance, or deceived by spouse or lover, or having a disease) of at least 1 month's duration. 

B. Criterion A for Schizophrenia has never been met. Note: Tactile and olfactory hallucinations may be present in Delusional Disorder if they are related to the delusional theme. 

C. Apart from the impact of the delusion(s) or its ramifications, functioning is not markedly impaired and behavior is not obviously odd or bizarre. 

D. If mood episodes have occurred concurrently with delusions, their total duration has been brief relative to the duration of the delusional periods. 

E. The disturbance is not due to the direct physiological effects of a substance(e.g., a drug of abuse, a medication) or a general medical condition. 

Specify type (the following types are assigned based on the predominant delusional theme): 

Erotomanic Type: delusions that another person, usually of higher status, is in love with the individual 
Grandiose Type: delusions of inflated worth, power, knowledge, identity, or special relationship to a deity or famous person 
Jealous Type: delusions that the individual's sexual partner is unfaithful 
Persecutory Type: delusions 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 
Mixed Type: delusions characteristic of more than one of the above types but no one theme predominates 
Unspecified Type

Reprinted with permission from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition. Copyright 1994 American Psychiatric Association