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Persecutory delusions [electronic resource] : assessment, theory, and treatment / edited by Daniel Freeman, Richard Bentall, Philippa Garety.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Delusions.
- Paranoia.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 435 p.) : ill.
- Other Title:
- Persecutory Delusions
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008.
- Summary:
- In this title, the three major authorities in the field bring together the current knowledge about the assessment, understanding, and treatment of persecutory delusions. Leading experts in cognitive psychology, neuropsychology, psychiatry, social psychiatry, neuroimaging, and neuroscience explain their perspectives on paranoia. Pharmacological, cognitive, and family interventions are comprehensively reviewed, and personal accounts of paranoia are included.
- Contents:
- Delusional thinking from the inside : paranoia and personal growth / Peter K. Chadwick
- The assessment of persecutory ideation / Daniel Freeman
- Epidemiology and social factors : findings from the Netherlands mental health survey and incidence study (NEMESIS) / Bart P.F. Rutten ... [et al.]
- Prognosis of persecutory delusions in schizophrenia : a 20-year longitudinal study / Martin Harrow, Thomas Jobe, and Ellen B. Astrachan-Fletcher
- Violence and persecutory delusions / Jayne L. Taylor
- Aspects of persecutory delusions in the setting of delusional disorder / Alistair Munro
- The puzzle of paranoia / Daniel Freeman, Philippa Garety, and David Fowler
- The role of self-esteem in paranoid delusions : the psychology, neurophysiology, and development of persecutory beliefs / Richard P. Bentall, Peter Kinderman, and Michael Moutoussis
- Social cognition in paranoia / Dennis R. Combs and David L. Penn
- Persecutory delusions and theory of mind : longstanding debates and emerging issues / Rhiannon Corcoran and Suzanne Kaiser
- The cognitive neuropsychological understanding of persecutory delusions / Robyn Langdon, Ryan McKay, and Max Coltheart
- Dopamine and persecutory delusions / Marc Laruelle
- The role of cannabis in inducing paranoia and psychosis / Cécile Henquet ... [et al.]
- Imaging and delusions / Matthew R. Broome and Philip K. McGuire
- Pharmacological management of persecutory delusions / Paul Bebbington, Stephen Pilling, and Craig Whittington
- Research evidence of the effectiveness of cognitive behavioural therapy for persecutory delusions / Philippa Garety, Richard P. Bentall, and Daniel Freeman
- Family intervention in psychosis : working with persecutory delusions / Juliana Onwumere, Ben Smith, and Elizabeth Kuipers
- Coping with paranoia : a first-person account developed during cognitive behavioural therapy for psychosis / Karl Murphy and Ben Smith
- Cognitive therapy for suspiciousness and paranoia in individuals at high risk of developing psychosis / Sophie K. Parker, Samantha E. Bowe, and Anthony P. Morrison
- Cognitive behavioural therapy for persecutory delusions : three case examples / David Kingdon, Katie Ashcroft, and Douglas Turkington
- Person-based cognitive therapy for paranoia : the challenges of 'poor me' / Paul Chadwick and Peter Trower.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-180790-7
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