Delusional disorders have many different causes that have been recorded. Cases have been made that the diagnosis of any type of delusional disorders can be related to gender, age, hereditary genes and even brain damage. The first prominent source of delusional disorders has to do with gender. Gender has been known to be the primary predicting factor in multiple disorders and diseases. For example, in most forms of autism (i.e. Asperger’s) boys are several times more likely to be diagnosed with this developmental disability than girls are. Age is also another huge component in any disease or disorder. Evidence of age being a factor can be seen when looking at Alzheimer’s too. Most Alzheimer’s patients do not see the neurological symptoms
