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On the concept of delusions: Global trends and psychopathology in Japan
The present article spotlights challenging conceptual and epistemological issues regarding delusions. A research history of various approaches to delusions in Europe, the United States, and Japan reveals the difficulty of defining delusions. Facing these
Tsutomu Kumazaki
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Clinical and Structural Differences in Delusions Across Diagnoses: A Systematic Review
Delusions are marked, fixed beliefs that are incongruent with reality. Delusions, with comorbid hallucinations, are a hallmark of certain psychotic disorders (e.g., schizophrenia).
Kelly Rootes-Murdy+4 more
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How can individuals with schizophrenia best be equipped to distinguish delusions from accurate judgements about their environment? This study presents an approach based on the principles of Bayesian probability and presents the results of a series of ...
Boopala Arul, Daniel Lee, Sarah Marzen
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Delusions in the two-factor theory: pathological or adaptive?
In this paper we ask whether the two-factor theory of delusions is compatible with two claims, that delusions are pathological and that delusions are adaptive. We concentrate on two recent and influential models of the two-factor theory: the one proposed
Eugenia Lancellotta, Lisa Bortolotti
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Objective Following 2 decades of research on cognitive behavioral therapy for psychosis (CBTp), it is relevant to consider at which point the evidence base is considered sufficient.
David T Turner+4 more
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Clinical Lycanthropy, Neurobiology, Culture: A Systematic Review
Background: Culture can affect psychiatric disorders. Clinical Lycanthropy is a rare syndrome, described since Antiquity, within which the patient has the delusional belief of turning into a wolf. Little is known on its clinical or therapeutic correlates.
Sélim Benjamin Guessoum+11 more
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Epistemological aspects of delusional thinking
The notion of a delusion occupies a central place in psychotherapy. The presence of delusional thinking in a patient is often regarded as indicative of psychosis. And yet, the nature of a delusion is still widely disputed.
John Wright
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Development and assessment of a brief screening tool for psychosis in dementia
Introduction Hallucinations and delusions (H+D) are common in dementia, but screening for these symptoms—especially in busy clinical practices—is challenging. Methods Six subject matter experts developed the DRP3™ screen, a novel valid tool to detect H+D
Jeffrey L. Cummings+7 more
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Delusions in frontotemporal lobar degeneration [PDF]
We assessed the significance and nature of delusions in frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD), an important cause of young-onset dementia with prominent neuropsychiatric features that remain incompletely characterised.
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A first psychotic episode with kinesthetic hallucinations. Report of a case
Introduction It reveals a case that occurred in a patient with no previous history whose first manifestation was kinesthetic allucinations, subsequently appearing other psychopathological alterations Objectives 24-year-old male.
F. Cartas Moreno, M. ValverDe Barea
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