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In Defence of Modest Doxasticism About Delusions [PDF]
, 2011 Here I reply to the main points raised by the commentators on the arguments put forward in my Delusions and Other Irrational Beliefs (OUP, 2009). My response is aimed at defending a modest doxastic account of clinical delusions, and is articulated in ...
C Cherniak +21 more
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A contextual behavioral approach to the study of (persecutory) delusions [PDF]
, 2016 Throughout the past century the topic of delusions has mainly been studied by researchers operating at the mental level of analysis. According to this perspective, delusional beliefs, as well as their emergence and persistence, stem from an interplay ...
Hughes, Sean Joseph +2 more
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The characteristics of cognitive and daily living functions of neurocognitive disorders with delusions in elderly Alzheimer’s disease [PDF]
PeerJBackground 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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Indian Journal of Dermatology, 2013 Patients with delusions of parasitosis (DOP) are more commonly recognized in dermatology practices today. However, dermatologists may feel uncomfortable treating these patients because of the psychiatric nature of their disorder. As a result of the fact that DOP patients strongly prefer to seek treatment from dermatologists rather than mental health ...
John Koo, Jillian W. Wong
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A distinct inferential mechanism for delusions in schizophrenia.
Brain : a journal of neurology, 2019 Delusions, a core symptom of psychosis, are false beliefs that are rigidly held with strong conviction despite contradictory evidence. Alterations in inferential processes have long been proposed to underlie delusional pathology, but previous attempts to
Seth C. Baker +3 more
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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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Delusions of Parasitosis: An Update
Dermatologic Therapy, 2019 Delusional parasitosis, also known as delusional infestation or Ekbom syndrome, is a relatively infrequent psychotic disorder characterized by an unwavering false belief that there is a parasitic infestation of the skin, despite the absence of any ...
A. Reich, D. Kwiatkowska, P. Pacan
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The detection of intentional contingencies in simple animations in patients with delusions of persecution [PDF]
, 2003 Background. It has been proposed that delusions of persecution are caused by the tendency to over-attribute malevolent intentions to other people's actions.
Bazin, N. +3 more
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Medicina, 2022 Background and Objectives: To explore whether specific Neuropsychiatric Symptoms (NPS) are related to worse performance in particular cognitive domains.
Ioannis Liampas +3 more
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What Makes Delusions Pathological? [PDF]
, 2017 Bortolotti argues that we cannot distinguish delusions from other irrational beliefs in virtue of their epistemic features alone. Although her arguments are convincing, her analysis leaves an important question unanswered: What makes delusions ...
Petrolini, Valentina
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