Editing Delusion (section)

===Persecutory delusions===
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Persecutory delusions are the most common type of delusions and involve the theme of being followed, harassed, cheated, poisoned or drugged, conspired against, spied on, attacked, or otherwise obstructed in the pursuit of goals.
Persecutory delusions are a condition in which the affected person wrongly believes that they are being [[Persecution|persecuted]]. Specifically, they have been defined as containing two central elements:<ref name="FreemanGarety2004">{{cite book | vauthors = Freeman D, Garety PA | date = 2004 | title = Paranoia: The Psychology of Persecutory Delusions. | location = Hove | publisher = PsychoIogy Press | isbn = 1-84169-522-X}}</ref>{{Page needed|date=November 2010}} The individual thinks that:
* harm is occurring, or is going to occur
* the persecutors have the intention to cause harm

According to the ''[[DSM-IV-TR]]'', persecutory delusions are the most common form of delusions in [[schizophrenia]], where the person believes they are "being tormented, followed, sabotaged, tricked, spied on, or ridiculed".<ref>{{cite book|title=Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders: DSM-IV|publisher=American Psychiatric Association|location=Washington, DC|year=2000|page=299|isbn=0-89042-025-4}}</ref> In the ''DSM-IV-TR'', persecutory delusions are the main feature of the persecutory type of delusional disorder. When the focus is to remedy some injustice by legal action, they are sometimes called "[[querulous paranoia]]".<ref>{{cite book|title=Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders: DSM-IV|publisher=American Psychiatric Association|location=Washington, DC|year=2000|page=325|isbn=0-89042-025-4}}</ref>