Delusions - Therapy
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

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...

Predictors of outcome in brief cognitive behavior therapy for schizophrenia.

29 Jun 2009 Antipsychotic medications, while effective, often leave patients with ongoing positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia. Guidelines recommend using cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) with this group. Clearly, mental health professionals require ... Read more...

Cotard's syndrome: a review.

30 May 2009 Cotard's syndrome is a rare disorder in which nihilistic delusions concerning one's own body are the central feature. It is not listed as a specific disorder in the DSM-IV, as it is typically viewed as a part of other underlying disorders. However, ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Delusions - Therapy'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• 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
• Predictors of outcome in brief cognitive behavior therapy for schizophrenia. 29 Jun 2009
• Cotard's syndrome: a review. 30 May 2009
• Multidimensional body image comparisons among patients with eating disorders, body dysmorphic disorder, and clinical controls: a multisite study. 29 Apr 2009
• Management of patients with delusional parasitosis in a joint dermatology/ liaison psychiatry clinic. 27 Apr 2009
• Improvement of cognition in a patient with Cotard's delusions and frontotemporal atrophy receiving electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) for depression. 14 Apr 2009
• Progressive gray matter reduction of the superior temporal gyrus during transition to psychosis. 30 Mar 2009
• Cognitive and meta-cognitive dimensions of psychoses. 27 Feb 2009
• Psychosocial treatments of psychological symptoms in dementia: a systematic review of reports meeting quality standards. 11 Jan 2009
• Working with a patient claiming a direct relationship with god: encountering otherness. 30 Dec 2008
• Tales of bugs, delusions of parasitosis, and what to do. 30 Dec 2008
• Confabulation: a spontaneous and fantastic review. 30 Oct 2008
• [About the Cotard's syndrome] 29 Sep 2008
• Impact of state anxiety on the jumping to conclusions delusion bias. 29 Sep 2008
• Implementing the NICE OCD/BDD guidelines. 26 Jun 2008
• Virtual reality and persecutory delusions: safety and feasibility. 22 Jun 2008
• I've been waiting for you: reflections on analytic pain. 30 May 2008
• [Delusion of parasitosis: report of twelve cases] 29 Apr 2008
• Studying and treating schizophrenia using virtual reality: a new paradigm. 26 Mar 2008

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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