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Addison crisis related psychosis
Introduction Addison’s disease (AD) is a rare disorder of the adrenal glands which causes deficiency of cortisol and aldosterone. It presents with a variety of symptoms, including neuropsychiatric manifestations.
A. Papanastasiou +8 more
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Hope, optimism and delusion [PDF]
Optimism is generally accepted by psychiatrists, psychologists and other caring professionals as a feature of mental health. Interventions typically rely on cognitive-behavioural tools to encourage individuals to ‘stop negative thought cycles’ and to ...
McGuire-Snieckus, R
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Development of the Delusional Interpretation Scale and examination of related variables
Aim Delusions are a common symptom in schizophrenia. Some scales have been developed to measure delusional tendencies in healthy people, and nonpathological delusional thinking can occur even among these individuals.
Satsuki Ito +3 more
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Amending the revisionist model of the Capgras delusion: A further argument for the role of patient experience in delusional belief formation [PDF]
Recent papers on the Capgras delusion have focused on the role played by subpersonal abductive inference in the formation and maintenance of the delusional belief. In these accounts, the delusional belief is posited as the first delusion-related event of
Young, Garry, Young, G
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Delusional beliefs and reason giving [PDF]
Delusions are often regarded as irrational beliefs, but their irrationality is not sufficient to explain what is pathological about them. In this paper we ask whether deluded subjects have the capacity to support the content of their delusions with ...
Bortolotti L +6 more
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Construct representation and definitions in psychopathology: the case of delusion
Background Delusion is one of the most intriguing psychopathological phenomena and its conceptualization remains the subject of genuine debate. Claims that it is ill-defined, however, are typically grounded on essentialist expectations that a given ...
Banzato Claudio EM, Rodrigues Adriano CT
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Can there be delusions of pain?
Jennifer Radden argues that there cannot be delusional pain in depression, putting forward three arguments: the argument from falsehood, the argument from epistemic irrationality, and the argument from incongruousness.
Lisa Bortolotti, Martino Belvederi Murri
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Religious delusion or religious belief? [PDF]
How shall we distinguish religious delusion from sane religious belief? Making this determination is not usually found to be difficult in clinical practice – but what shall be our theoretical rationale?
Gipps, R., Clarke, Simon
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Multiple Realities and Hybrid Objects: A Creative Approach of Schizophrenic Delusion
Delusion is usually considered in DSM 5 as a false belief based on incorrect inference about external reality, but the issue of delusion raises crucial concerns, especially that of a possible (or absent) continuity between delusional and normal ...
Michel Cermolacce +6 more
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Developing hypnotic analogues of clinical delusions : Mirrored-self misidentification [PDF]
Introduction. Despite current research interest in delusional beliefs, there are no viable models for studying delusions in the laboratory. However, hypnosis offers a technique for creating transient delusions that are resistant to challenge.
Coltheart, Max +6 more
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