A few years ago, former NPR journalist and Hidden Brain podcast host Shankar Vedantam became absorbed with the story of Donald Lowry. Decades ago this Illinois man impersonated a woman, writing ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I'm a global philanthropy advisor and author of Delusional Altruism. As philanthropists seek to change the world, many need to get ...

Delusions are fixed and false personal beliefs that are resistant to change in the light of conflicting evidence. Delusions are the extreme case of irrational beliefs. These beliefs are obsessive and ...

Big Brother Is Watching You. Source: Candida.Performa/Flickr "Paranoia, they destroy ya." —Destroyer, The Kinks Note: This is Part 2 of a three-part series on "gang stalking." Conspiracy Theory or ...

A new study provides a novel theory for how delusions arise and why they persist. NYU Langone Medical Center researcher Orrin Devinsky, MD, performed an in-depth analysis of patients with certain ...

When it comes to schizophrenia, delusions are part of a broader symptom called psychosis, a state of mind where someone becomes detached from reality. “It has to be distinct from commonly held beliefs ...

Delusional disorder is diagnosed when a person has a consistent and persistent belief that is totally contrary to reality. A delusion is best defined as a bizarre or absurd belief in something that is ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Lance B. Eliot is a world-renowned AI scientist and consultant. In today’s column, I examine a rapidly rising concern that ...