Editing Martha Mitchell effect (section)

==Description==
According to Bell ''et al''., "Sometimes, improbable reports are erroneously assumed to be symptoms of mental illness (Maher, 1998)", due to a "failure or inability to verify whether the events have actually taken place, no matter how improbable intuitively they might appear to the busy clinician."<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last1=Bell|first1=Vaughan|last2=Halligan|first2=Peter|last3=Ellis|first3=Hadyn D.|date=August 2003|title=Beliefs about delusions|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/265280728|journal=Psychologist|volume=16|pages=418–422|issn=0952-8229}}</ref>

Examples of such situations are:
* Pursuit by [[organized crime|organized criminals]]<ref name=":0" />
* [[Surveillance]] by law enforcement officers<ref name=":0" />
* Infidelity by a spouse<ref name=":0" />
* Physical issues

Quoting psychotherapist [[Joseph Berke]], the authors report that, "even [[Paranoia|paranoid]]s have enemies."<ref name=":0" /> Delusions are "abnormal beliefs" and may be bizarre (considered impossible to be true), or non-bizarre (possible, but considered by the clinician as highly improbable). Beliefs about being poisoned, being followed, marital infidelity or a conspiracy in the workplace are examples of non-bizarre beliefs that may be considered delusions.<ref name=":0" /> Any patient can be misdiagnosed by clinicians, especially patients with a history of [[Delusional disorder|paranoid delusions]].<ref>{{Citation |last=Wy |first=Tom Joshua P. |title=Schizoaffective Disorder |date=2024 |work=StatPearls |url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK541012/ |access-date=2024-06-28 |place=Treasure Island (FL) |publisher=StatPearls Publishing |pmid=31082056 |last2=Saadabadi |first2=Abdolreza}}</ref>