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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
doaj   +1 more source

Functional characteristics of the right ventral frontal/anterior insular cortex in the pathogenesis of delusions: a pilot study

open access: yesНеврология, нейропсихиатрия, психосоматика, 2023
Brain lesion studies demonstrated that the right ventral frontal/anterior insular cortex (r-VF/AI) and its functional connectivity (FC) can play an important role in belief evaluation and delusions of various content.Objective: to test the hypothesis ...
Ya. R. Panikratova   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Why the idea of framework propositions cannot contribute to an understanding of delusions [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
One of the tasks that recent philosophy of psychiatry has taken upon itself is to extend the range of understanding to some of those aspects of psychopathology that Jaspers deemed beyond its limits.
B. A. Maher   +25 more
core   +1 more source

Exploring the Intersections of Trauma, Structural Adversity, and Psychosis among a Primarily African-American Sample: A Mixed-Methods Analysis

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychiatry, 2017
Traumatic life events (TLEs) have been associated with multiple psychiatric diagnoses, including anxiety disorders, major depression, PTSD, and psychosis.
Cherise Rosen   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Virtual reality in the treatment of persecutory delusions: randomised controlled experimental study testing how to reduce delusional conviction

open access: yesBritish Journal of Psychiatry, 2016
Background Persecutory delusions may be unfounded threat beliefs maintained by safety-seeking behaviours that prevent disconfirmatory evidence being successfully processed. Use of virtual reality could facilitate new learning. Aims To test the hypothesis
D. Freeman   +11 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Prodromal stage and clinical features of late-onset schizophrenia and schizophrenia-like psychosis

open access: yesEuropean Psychiatry, 2023
Introduction The early diagnostic of schizophrenia and other psychosis is very important for the early therapeutic interventions. Objectives The aim is to describe the connection between the prodromal stage of psychosis and clinical features. Methods 74
V. Pochueva, V. Sheshenin
doaj   +1 more source

Can Dispositionalism About Belief Vindicate Doxasticism About Delusion? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Clinical delusions have traditionally been characterized as beliefs in psychiatry. However, philosophers have recently engaged with the empirical literature and produced a number of objections to the so-called doxastic status of delusion, stemming mainly
Porcher, José Eduardo
core   +3 more sources

Delusion and Delirium in Neurodegenerative Disorders: An Overlooked Relationship?

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychiatry, 2022
Delusions are part of the neuropsychiatric symptoms that patients suffering from neurodegenerative conditions frequently develop at some point of the disease course and are associated with an increased risk of cognitive and functional decline.
Daniele Urso   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Understanding, treating, and renaming grandiose delusions: A qualitative study

open access: yesPsychology and psychotherapy, 2019
Background Grandiose delusions are arguably the most neglected psychotic experience in research. Objectives We aimed to discover from patients: whether grandiose delusions have harmful consequences; the psychological mechanisms that maintain them; and ...
L. Isham   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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