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Revisiting Maher’s One-Factor Theory of Delusion, Again
Chenwei Nie ([
22 ]) argues against a Maherian one-factor approach to explaining delusion. We argue that his objections fail. They are largely based on... -
Revisiting Maher’s One-Factor Theory of Delusion
How many factors, i.e. departures from normality, are necessary to explain a delusion? Maher’s classic one-factor theory argues that the only factor...
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Neuroanatomical and neurocognitive correlates of delusion in Alzheimer’s disease and mild cognitive impairment
BackgroundNeuropsychiatric symptoms and delusions are highly prevalent among people with dementia. However, multiple roots of neurobiological bases...
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Lying by Asserting What You Believe is True: a Case of Transparent Delusion
In this paper, I argue (1) that the contents of some delusions are believed with sufficient confidence; (2) that a delusional subject could have a...
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“A ghost doesn’t need insulin,” Cotard’s delusion leading to diabetic ketoacidosis and a body-mass index of 15: a case presentation
BackgroundCotard’s Syndrome (CS) is a rare clinical entity where patients can report nihilistic, delusional beliefs that they are already dead....
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Alpha-blockers: the magic pill for endourology—The great delusion
PurposeThe present paper takes a different and more critical look at the role of alpha-blockers, sometimes nicknamed as “magical pills”, in...
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COVID-19 conspiracy ideation is associated with the delusion proneness trait and resistance to update of beliefs
The rapid spread of conspiracy ideas associated with the recent COVID-19 pandemic represents a major threat to the ongoing and coming vaccination...
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Anosognosia for Motor Impairments as a Delusion: Anomalies of Experience and Belief Evaluation
We put forward a two-factor account of anosognosia for hemiplegia—more generally, anosognosia for motor impairments—considered as a delusion....
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Greed, Hatred, and Delusion
Early Buddhist teachings point out that human states of mind filled with greed, hatred, and delusion are spiritual defilements and are key sources of...
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A Young Japanese Patient with Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 3 Presenting Depressive State with Cenesthopathy and Delusion: a Case Report
Depressive state is a common complication of spinocerebellar ataxia type 3 (SCA3). To the best of our knowledge, cases of SCA3 presenting with...
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Capgras delusion in postpartum psychosis: a case report
BackgroundCapgras delusion is one of the delusional misidentification syndromes characterized by the belief by the patient that the close person is...
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Correction to: Social epistemological conception of delusion
The article Social epistemological conception of delusion, written by Kengo Miyazon and Alessandro Salice, was originally published electronically on...
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Dream-work Versus Delusion
In this chapter, I theorize the structural difference between the dream and delusion, and suggest a way to ‘treat’ delusion via the symbolic work of...
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Capgras Syndrome and Other Delusions of Misidentification: Integrating Neuropsychological Models of Delusion Formation with Psychoanalytic Object-Relations Theory
Purpose of ReviewWe show how psychoanalytic object-relations theory (PsyObjT) aligns with recent neuropsychological theories of delusions of...
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Affect and Cognition: Unwholesome Consciousness, Hatred, Wrong View, and Delusion
This chapter engages the relations between affective and cognitive causal factors in killing evident in Abhidhamma and Abhidharma commentarial...
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Oncolytic viruses against cancer, promising or delusion?
Cancer treatment is one of the most challenging topics in medical sciences. Different methods such as chemotherapy, tumor surgery, and immune...
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Conclusion and Outlook: The Green Delusion
The concluding chapter seeks to summarize the political dynamics that accompany the recent ‘environmental enthusiasm’ of the hydrocarbon-wealthy Arab...
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Social epistemological conception of delusion
The dominant conception of delusion in psychiatry (in textbooks, research papers, diagnostic manuals, etc.) is predominantly epistemic. Delusions are...