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Depressive delusions [PDF]

Filosofia Unisinos, 2016
In this paper we have two main aims. First, we present an account of mood-congruent delusions in depression (hereafter, depressive delusions). We propose that depressive delusions constitute acknowledgements of self-related beliefs acquired as a result ...
Magdalena Antrobus, Lisa Bortolotti
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Cultural factors influencing content of delusions among schizophrenic patients in Saudi Arabia [PDF]

, 2012
This thesis was submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy and awarded by Brunel University.The present study aimed to investigate the influences of socio-cultural context on content of delusions within schizophrenic patients among three different ...
ALNzawi, Fatma Mohammed
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A Systematic Literature Review of the Role of Self-esteem in Persecutory and Grandiose Delusions and a Grounded Theory Exploration of Grandiose Beliefs [PDF]

, 2013
This thesis first focuses on reviewing the literature in the field of persecutory and grandiose delusions and the role of self-esteem in their development and maintenance.
Grbic, Sanela
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The characteristics of cognitive and daily living functions of neurocognitive disorders with delusions in elderly Alzheimer’s disease [PDF]

PeerJ
Background Delusions in neurocognitive disorder due to Alzheimer’s disease (AD) worsen patients’ cognitive functions and activities of daily living (ADL), increasing caregiver burden and the risk of mortality.
Seo Yoo Kim, Soo Jin Lee
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Monetary Incentives Increase Metacognitive Confidence in Source Memory Performance in Patients With Schizophrenia

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2020
BackgroundContemporary psychiatric research focuses its attention on the patient’s dysfunction of metacognition in relation to the basic cognitive processes of mental activity.
Remigiusz Szczepanowski, Ewelina Cichoń, Ewelina Cichoń, Aleksandra Helena Pasieczna, Łukasz Gawęda, Joanna Rosińczuk   +5 more
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Abnormal white matter microstructure and increased extracellular free-water in the cingulum bundle associated with delusions in chronic schizophrenia

NeuroImage: Clinical, 2016
Background: There is growing evidence to suggest that delusions associated with schizophrenia arise from altered structural brain connectivity. The present study investigated whether structural changes in three major fasciculi that interconnect the ...
Lena K.L. Oestreich, PhD, Ofer Pasternak, PhD, Martha E. Shenton, PhD, Marek Kubicki, MD, PhD, Xue Gong, BA, Simon McCarthy-Jones, PhD, Thomas J. Whitford, PhD   +6 more
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Understanding jumping to conclusions in patients with persecutory delusions: working memory and intolerance of uncertainty [PDF]

, 2014
Background. Persecutory delusions are a key psychotic experience. A reasoning style known as ‘jumping to conclusions’ (JTC) – limited information gathering before reaching certainty in decision making – has been identified as a contributory factor in the
Černis, E, Mander, H, Wingham, G, Pugh, K, Freeman, D, Kingdon, D, Dunn, G., Dunn, G, Startup, H., Cordwell, J., Cordwell, J, Freeman, D., Freeman, Daniel, Pugh, K., Kingdon, D., Černis, E., Startup, H, Mander, H., Černis, E; id_orcid, Wingham, G.   +19 more
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Decreased Left Putamen and Thalamus Volume Correlates with Delusions in First-Episode Schizophrenia Patients

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2017
BackgroundDelusional thinking is one of the hallmark symptoms of schizophrenia. However, the underlying neural substrate for delusions in schizophrenia remains unknown.
Xiaojun Huang, Xiaojun Huang, Weidan Pu, Xinmin Li, Andrew J. Greenshaw, Serdar M. Dursun, Zhimin Xue, Zhimin Xue, Haihong Liu, Zhening Liu, Zhening Liu   +10 more
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Delusions in frontotemporal lobar degeneration [PDF]

, 2009
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.
Nick C. Fox, Fox, N.C.I., Rossor, M.N., Rohani Omar, Warren, J.D., Mummery, C.J., Fox, N.C., Elizabeth L. Sampson, Sampson, E.L., Loy, C.T., Martin N. Rossor, Catherine J. Mummery, Omar, R., Jason D. Warren, Clement T. Loy   +14 more
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Emotion and psychosis: Links between depression, self-esteem, negative schematic beliefs and delusions and hallucinations [PDF]

, 2006
Background: The role of emotion in psychosis is being increasingly recognised. Cognitive conceptualisations of psychosis (e.g. [Garety, P.A., Kuipers, E.K., Fowler, D., Freeman, D., Bebbington, P.E., 2001.
Fowler, DG, Smith, Ben, Dunn, Graham, Smith, B, Fowler, D G, Freeman, D, Kuipers, E, Bebbington, Paul, Garety, P, Fowler, David G., Dunn, G, Bashforth, H, Garety, Philippa, Freeman, Daniel, Bebbington, P, Garety, P; id_orcid, Bashforth, Hannah, Kuipers, E; id_orcid, Kuipers, Elizabeth   +18 more
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