Why types of delusions are most common? Are patients with these delusions (as opposed to delusions associated with other disorders) typically a danger to themselves or others?
Please take a look at the paper "Delusions in the nonclinical population" (Freeman 2006).
In the abstract we can read:
"Approximately 1% to 3% of the nonclinical population have delusions of a level of severity comparable to clinical cases of psychosis. A further 5% to 6% of the nonclinical population have a delusion but not of such severity. Although less severe, these beliefs are associated with a range of social and emotional difficulties. A further 10% to 15% of the nonclinical population have fairly regular delusional ideation."
Dr. Emmanuelle Peters at Institute of Psychiatry London is studying people who hear voices but do not need treatment in the general population. What is very interesting about her work is that she shows who multiple factors lead to those who eventually become psychotic and need care vs those who continue to have these anomalous experience but function well in society. "Peters et al Delusion inventory (PDI) is a well validated and reliable measure of delusional thinking.
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