Delusions understanding the un-understandable

Delusions, in their many different manifestations, are central to the concepts of madness and psychosis. Yet what causes them remains in many ways a complete mystery. McKenna's Delusions is the first comprehensive attempt to tackle one of the most arresting phenomena in psychiatry: an in-depth...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: McKenna, Peter (Psychology), autor (autor)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press 2017.
Colección:CUP ebooks.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
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  • Machine generated contents note: 1. What is a delusion?; 2. When is a delusion not a delusion?; 3. Delusional disorder; 4. The pathology of normal belief; 5. The psychology of delusions; 6. The neurochemical connection; 7. Delusion-like phenomena in neurological disease; 8. The salience theory of delusions; 9. What a theory of delusions might look like.