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Delusions

, 2017
Delusions, in their many different manifestations, are central to the concepts of madness and psychosis. Yet what causes them remains in many ways a complete mystery.
Peter McKenna
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Inductive Reasoning in Patients with Paranoid Type Schizophrenia

Bilişsel Davranışçı Psikoterapi ve Araştırmalar Dergisi, 2017
The goal of our study is to evaluate the decision making and reasoning of the paranoid type schizophrenic patients, and their confidence in reasoning and perseverance in keeping to their decisions via using Reasoning with Inductive Argument Test (RIAT).
Mehmet Emrah Karadere, Yasir Safak, Halime Seyma Ozcelik, Emre Demir, Mehmet Hakan Turkcapar   +4 more
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The role of the endocannabinoid system in managing neuropsychiatric symptoms in Alzheimer’s disease

Frontiers in Psychiatry
The endocannabinoid system comprises cannabinoid receptors (CBRs) 1 & 2, endocannabinoids (eCBs) anandamide (AEA) and 2-arachidonoylglycerol (2-AG), and the enzymes that regulate their production and degradation.
Jagadeesh S. Rao, Maria Alejandra Tangarife, Maria Margarita Venegas, Barbara Forero, Laura Lucía González Tamayo, Juan Pablo Escobar-Gallego, Diego A. Rodríguez-Soacha, Alexandra Ferreiros, Ram Mukunda   +8 more
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Psychological characteristics of religious delusions [PDF]

, 2013
Religious delusions are common and are considered to be particularly difficult to treat. In this study we investigated what psychological processes may underlie the reported treatment resistance.
Dunn, Graham, Suzanne Jolley (4642378), Amy Hardy (4569280), Freeman, D, Daniel Freeman, Paul Bebbington (111010), Bebbington, Paul, Waller, Helen, Amy Hardy, Kuipers, Elizabeth; id_orcid, Iyassu, R, Dunn, G, Fowler, David, Philippa Garety, Suzanne Jolley, Graham Dunn, Richard Emsley, Graham Dunn (489214), Waller, H, Kuipers, Elizabeth, Elizabeth Kuipers, Elizabeth Kuipers (4569277), Robel Iyassu, Helen Waller (4569274), Daniel Freeman (549509), Garety, Philippa; id_orcid, Emsley, Richard, Fowler, D, Philippa Garety (4569271), Kuipers, E, Hardy, Amy, Helen Waller, Garety, P, Hardy, A, David Fowler, Richard Emsley (407676), Iyassu, Robel, Garety, Philippa, Emsley, Richard; id_orcid, David Fowler (4464700), Freeman, Daniel, Bebbington, P, Jolley, Suzanne, Emsley, R, Paul Bebbington, Jolley, S, Robel Iyassu (16233758), Hardy, Amy; id_orcid   +47 more
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The Questionnaire for Psychotic Experiences: Preliminary validation of the Italian version (QPE-I) in a general population sample

Mediterranean Journal of Clinical Psychology
Introduction: Psychotic experiences (PEs), such as hallucinations and delusions, are transdiagnostic phenomena that can range from subclinical manifestations in the general population to more severe and distressing forms in the psychiatric populations ...
Marta Moselli, Chiara Gagliardi, Arianna Quassoni, Alessandra D'Agostino   +3 more
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Moral Emotions and Social Economic Games in Paranoia

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2018
Impaired social cognitive processes are putative psychological mechanisms implicated in the formation and maintenance of paranoid beliefs. Paranoia denotes unfounded fears about the hostile intentions of others and is prevalent in a significant ...
George Savulich, George Savulich, Hannah Jeanes, Nicole Rossides, Sahaj Kaur, Alice Zacharia, Trevor W. Robbins, Barbara J. Sahakian, Barbara J. Sahakian   +8 more
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The detection of intentional contingencies in simple animations in patients with delusions of persecution

, 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.
Blakemore, S.J., Sarfati, Y., Bazin, N., Decety, J.   +3 more
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On defining delusions

Comprehensive Psychiatry, 1990
The DSM-III-R definition of delusions bears inconsistencies and does not account for the way delusions are detected clinically. It can be traced back to Karl Jaspers who was the first to mention the three criteria of delusions, which are to be found in the textbooks ever since: (1) certainty, (2) incorrigibility, and (3) impossibility or falsity of ...
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Misidentification syndrome: A narrative review

Industrial Psychiatry Journal
Misidentification syndromes have been described for a long time, but the major developments occurred in the 19th and 29th centuries. Many reviews have discussed the various aspects of delusional misidentification syndromes (DMSs).
Sandeep Grover, Nidhi Yadav, Yash Saini, Neha Sharma   +3 more
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A hermeneutic analysis of delusion content from the casebooks of the Grahamstown Lunatic Asylum, 1890–1907

South African Journal of Psychiatry, 2019
Background and objectives: This study sought to investigate the content of the delusions recorded in the casebooks of the Grahamstown Lunatic Asylum as a means to explore how the colonial context shaped or influenced psychopathology.
Rory du Plessis
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