Delusions - Psychology
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Lack of association between neuropsychological performance and level of psychosis-proneness in an adolescent psychiatric sample.

30 Aug 2009 Studies of the prodromal stage of schizophrenia show that the late prepsychotic phase is associated with mild neuropsychological deficits that parallel those of schizophrenia. However, it is still unclear whether this association is present across ... Read more...

In what sense 'familiar'? Examining experiential differences within pathologies of facial recognition.

20 Jul 2009 Explanations of Capgras delusion and prosopagnosia typically incorporate a dual-route approach to facial recognition in which a deficit in overt or covert processing in one condition is mirror-reversed in the other. Despite this double dissociation, ... Read more...

Multimodal cognitive therapy: combining treatments that bypass cognitive deficits and deal with reasoning and appraisal biases.

18 Jul 2009 The process of recovery in schizophrenia involves resolving persistent symptoms, addressing cognitive impairments, and improving functional outcomes. Our research group has demonstrated the efficacy of cognitive adaptation training (CAT)--a ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Delusions - Psychology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Lack of association between neuropsychological performance and level of psychosis-proneness in an adolescent psychiatric sample. 30 Aug 2009
• More attention should be paid to schizophrenic patients with risk of violent offences. 30 Jul 2009
• In what sense 'familiar'? Examining experiential differences within pathologies of facial recognition. 20 Jul 2009
• Multimodal cognitive therapy: combining treatments that bypass cognitive deficits and deal with reasoning and appraisal biases. 18 Jul 2009
• Cognitive behavior therapy for psychosis: where have we been and where are we going? 15 Jul 2009
• The impact of personality characteristics on the clinical expression in neurodegenerative disorders--a review. 14 Jul 2009
• Predictors of outcome in brief cognitive behavior therapy for schizophrenia. 29 Jun 2009
• Risk factors for delusion of theft in patients with Alzheimer's disease showing mild dementia in Japan. 29 Jun 2009
• [From case to case: depression and delusions] 29 Jun 2009
• Clinical presentation of mania compared with depression: data from a geriatric clinic in India. 2 Jun 2009
• [Post-partum delusion of pregnancy: an integrated view] 30 May 2009
• Pathogenesis and symptomatology of hallucinations (delusions) of organic brain disorder and schizophrenia. 30 May 2009
• Mass possession state in a family setting. 30 May 2009
• Neuropsychological profile of delusional disorder. 30 May 2009
• Short-lived response of cervical dystonia to electroconvulsive therapy. 30 May 2009
• Confabulations on episodic and semantic memory questions are associated with different neurologic backgrounds in Alzheimer disease. 30 May 2009
• On: The mother in the text: metapsychology and fantasy in the work of interpretation. 30 May 2009
• 'The healing power of love': the literary/analytic bond of marriage in Freud's essay on Gradiva. 30 May 2009
• Cotard's syndrome: a review. 30 May 2009
• Recovery as discovery. 23 May 2009

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Technical information about 'Delusions'

Definition: A false belief regarding the self or persons or objects outside the self that persists despite the facts, and is not considered tenable by one's associates.

Descriptor UI: D003702

Alternative terms: Delusions; Delusion;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: F01.145.126.200;

Technical Notes: this is the French "délire"; do not confuse with ILLUSIONS