This is the first book in English devoted to the psychology of delusions. The concept is critically discussed and the literature comprehensively reviewed. A new model of delusions is presented, derived from experimental studies, emphasizing the variety of factors which may play a role in their development including biased reasoning, abnormal experience and disturbed emotions. New possibilities for psychological therapy are also discussed.
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This book is about delusion, the psychiatric symptom which, for many, epitomizes madness. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
deluded subjects, reasoning bias, learned regularities, judgemental style, deluded group, delusion formation, causal processing, paranoid group, paranoid subjects, deluded patients, delusional experience, clinical roots, normal beliefs, delusional patients, perceptual anomalies, schizophrenic group, primary delusions, belief maintenance, delusional perception, cent certainty, formal thought disorder, delusional beliefs, abnormal experience, deluded person, posterior estimate Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Personal Questionnaire, Von Domarus, Present State Examination, American Psychiatric Association, Holy Spirit New!
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This book is about delusion, the psychiatric symptom which, for many, epitomizes madness. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
deluded subjects, reasoning bias, learned regularities, judgemental style, deluded group, delusion formation, causal processing, paranoid group, paranoid subjects, deluded patients, delusional experience, clinical roots, normal beliefs, delusional patients, perceptual anomalies, schizophrenic group, primary delusions, belief maintenance, delusional perception, cent certainty, formal thought disorder, delusional beliefs, abnormal experience, deluded person, posterior estimate Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Personal Questionnaire, Von Domarus, Present State Examination, American Psychiatric Association, Holy Spirit New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Abnormal Psychology (5th Edition) by Thomas F. Oltmanns in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Abnormal Psychology by Oltmanns in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Studyguide for Social Psychology by Taylor, ISBN 9780130990068 (Cram101 Textbook Outlines) by Cram101 Textbook Reviews in Back Matter
- Social Psychology by Charles George Lord in Back Matter
- Social Psychology (Nelson-Hall Series in Psychology) by Stephen Worchel in Back Matter
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- Pathologies of Belief (Readings in Mind and Language) by Max Coltheart on page 45, page 109, and page 214
- Delusional Disorder: Paranoia and Related Illnesses (Concepts in Clinical Psychiatry) by Alistair Munro on page 67, page 240, and page 249
- Prophets, Cults and Madness by John Price in Back Matter
- Comprehensive Care of Schizophrenia by Jeffrey Lieberman on page 105
- Explorations in Dementia: Theoretical and Research Studies into the Experience of Remediable and Enduring Cognitive Losses by Michael Bender in Back Matter
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