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Delusional disorder

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Delusional disorder
Individuals with delusional disorder suffer from long-term, complex delusions that fall into one of six categories: persecutory, grandiose, jealousy, erotomanic, somatic, or mixed.
Mentioned in: Psychosis

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Ironically, one of the delusions that led to Sell's diagnosis of delusional disorder was the idea that the government was "out to get him," a contention that, in retrospect, is a bit difficult to argue with.
c) Other psychoses included atypical psychosis, delusional disorder and schizophreniform psychosis.
Meadow (32) warned clinicians not to confuse MbPS with such problems as unrecognized physical abuse, failure to thrive, overanxious parents, parents with a delusional disorder, school phobia, "hysteria by proxy," or simple "doctor shopping.
 
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