Delusions : investigations into the psychology of delusional reasoning
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Delusions : investigations into the psychology of delusional reasoning
（Maudsley monographs, no. 36）
Oxford University Press, c1994
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
This study of the psychology of delusions critically discusses the concept and reviews the reference literature available. A new model of delusional reasoning is presented, derived from experimental studies, that emphasizes the variety of factors which play a role in the development of delusions (such as biased reasoning, abnormal experience, disturbed emotions) and offers new possibilities for psychological therapy.
Table of Contents
- Concept of Delusion
- Definitions
- Irrationality
- Occurrence of delusions in schizophrenia and other disorders
- Types of delusion
- On distinguishing delusions from obsessions and hallucinations
- Accessing (or assessing) delusions
- Delusions as beliefs
- Delusions and behaviour
- Reasoning, Rationality and Delusions
- Theories of reasoning and rationality
- Experimental studies of reasoning in normals
- Studies of Reasoning in People with Psychosis
- Reasoning in people with delusions
- Reasoning in schizophrenic subjects
- The Assessment of Delusion
- Instruments for assessing delusions
- Personal questionnaire
- Techniques for assessing delusions
- Methods
- Results
- Discussion
- Measures to assess responsivity of delusions to evidence
- Characteristics of Delusional Experience
- Method
- Results
- Discussion
- Theories of the Formation and Maintenance of Delusions
- Early theories of delusion formation
- Current theories
- A Bayesian model of the formation and maintenance of delusions
- Other considerations
- Reasoning in People with Delusions
- A pilot study
- Reasoning in deluded patients
- Reasoning about Delusions
- The reasoning about delusions
- Structured interview study: method
- Results
- Discussion
- Towards a Model of Delusion Formation
- Concepts and definitions of delusions
- Towards a model of delusion formation
- A case example
- Delusions and schizophrenia research.
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