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The characteristics of cognitive and daily living functions of neurocognitive disorders with delusions in elderly Alzheimer’s disease [PDF]

open access: yesPeerJ
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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Abnormal white matter microstructure and increased extracellular free-water in the cingulum bundle associated with delusions in chronic schizophrenia

open access: yesNeuroImage: 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   +6 more
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Monetary Incentives Increase Metacognitive Confidence in Source Memory Performance in Patients With Schizophrenia

open access: yesFrontiers 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   +5 more
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Decreased Left Putamen and Thalamus Volume Correlates with Delusions in First-Episode Schizophrenia Patients

open access: yesFrontiers 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   +10 more
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A contextual behavioral approach to the study of (persecutory) delusions [PDF]

open access: yes, 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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Delusion, Proper Function, and Justification [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Among psychiatric conditions, delusions have received significant attention in the philosophical literature. This is partly due to the fact that many delusions are bizarre, and their contents interesting in and of themselves.
Crutchfield, Parker
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Post Stroke Psychosis Following Lesions in Basal Ganglion [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2017
Stroke is the second most common cause of death and fourth leading cause of disability worldwide. Post stroke behavioural manifestations are often not recognized, undiagnosed and hence remain untreated.
SHRUTI SRIVASTAVA   +2 more
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Use of the booklet category test to assess abstract concept formation in schizophrenic disorders [PDF]

open access: yes, 1995
The relationship of concept formation abilities to the presence or absence of delusions in schizophrenic disorders was investigated. Twenty-six schizophrenic patients and 14 normal individuals were administered a short form of the Booklet Category Test ...
Boyle, Gregory J., Steindl, Stanley R.
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Understanding delusions

open access: yesIndustrial Psychiatry Journal, 2009
Delusion has always been a central topic for psychiatric research with regard to etiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis, treatment, and forensic relevance. The various theories and explanations for delusion formation are reviewed. The etiology, classification and management of delusions are briefly discussed. Recent advances in the field are reviewed.
Chandra Kiran, Suprakash Chaudhury
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Neurobiology of delusions in Alzheimer’s disease [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is associated with cognitive and functional impairment as well as neuropsychiatric sequelae, including psychotic symptoms such as delusions and hallucinations.
Fischer, Corinne E.   +5 more
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