Upcoming episodes of A History of Delusions

When I began my journey as a clinical psychologist, I knew nothing about persecutory delusions. At least, little that was correct. The prevailing psychiatr

Upcoming episodes of A History of Delusions

Coronavirus conspiracy beliefs, mistrust, and compliance with government guidelines in England - Volume 52 Issue 2

The Oxford Positive Self Scale: psychometric development of an assessment of cognitions associated with psychological well-being - Volume 53 Issue 15

Psychological framework to understand interpersonal violence by forensic patients with psychosis - Volume 224 Issue 2

As a young psychologist, the delusions of a patient with schizophrenia made me curious about mistrust. Here’s what 30 years of research has taught me – plus a quiz to find out just how paranoid you...

Persecutory delusions are a major psychiatric problem that often do not respond sufficiently to standard pharmacological or psychological treatments. …

Abstract. Sleep disturbance is known to be associated with psychosis, but sleep disorders (eg, insomnia, nightmare disorder, sleep apnea) have rarely been

Virtual reality (VR) therapy for patients with psychosis: satisfaction and side effects - Volume 53 Issue 10

Objective: Nightmares are relatively common in patients experiencing psychosis but rarely assessed or treated. Nightmares may maintain persecutory delusions by ...

AbstractBackground and hypothesis. A plausible cause of distress for voice hearers is listening to and believing the threats and criticisms heard. Qualitat

Background Grandiose delusions are arguably the most neglected psychotic experience in research. Objectives We aimed to discover from patients: whether grandiose delusions have harmful consequence...

Background: Patients in psychiatric wards typically have very limited access to individual psychological therapy. Inpatients often have significant time available, and an important transition back to...

The Oxford Agoraphobic Avoidance Scale - Volume 53 Issue 4

Treating Sleep Problems in Young People at Ultra-High Risk of Psychosis: A Feasibility Case Series - Volume 46 Issue 3

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Why do patients with psychosis listen to and believe derogatory and threatening voices? 21 reasons given by patients - Volume 48 Issue 6

Dissociative experiences, traditionally studied in relation to trauma and PTSD, may be important phenomena across many different psychological conditi…

This paper describes how participatory design was employed in the design of an automated Virtual Reality (VR) psychological therapy (gameChange), putting people with lived experience of psychosis a...

The weeks before 100 persecutory delusions: the presence of many potential contributory causal factors - Volume 5 Issue 5

Adapted CBT to Stabilize Sleep on Psychiatric Wards: a Transdiagnostic Treatment Approach - Volume 46 Issue 6

Background Patients diagnosed with psychosis often spend less time than others engaged in exercise and more time sitting down, which likely contributes to poorer physical and mental health. Objective...

Objective: Paranoia may be particularly prevalent during adolescence, building on the heightened social vulnerabilities at this age. Excessive mistrust may be c...

Background The Feeling Safe Programme is a cognitive therapy developed to improve outcomes for individuals with persecutory delusions. It is theoretically driven, modular and personalised, with...

Scientific Reports - Virtual reality clinical-experimental tests of compassion treatment techniques to reduce paranoia

AbstractBackground. Adolescence can be a challenging time, characterized by self-consciousness, heightened regard for peer acceptance, and fear of rejectio

Background: Many people with psychosis experience difficulties in everyday social situations. Anxiety can make life challenging, leading to withdrawal. Cognitive therapy, using active in vivo...

The social withdrawal of many patients with psychosis can be conceptualised as agoraphobic avoidance due to a range of long-standing fears. We hypothe…

AbstractBackground and Hypothesis. Grandiose delusions may entail difficult responsibilities and detrimental actions for patients. Recognition of these con

Background Rapid weight gain is common with antipsychotic medication. Lost confidence, low mood and medication non-adherence often follow. Yet, the dynamic interactions between the physical and...

“Professor Paranoia” on what works in psychiatry, and why he’s asking patients to put on virtual reality headsets.

Injection fears and COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy - Volume 53 Issue 4

The professor of clinical psychology Daniel Freeman has invented a method of treating mental illness using virtual reality technology. Michael Odell tries it

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The revised Green et al., Paranoid Thoughts Scale (R-GPTS): psychometric properties, severity ranges, and clinical cut-offs - Volume 51 Issue 2

Background: An automated virtual reality cognitive therapy (gameChange) has demonstrated its effectiveness to treat agoraphobia in patients with psychosis, especially for high or severe anxious...

Nightmares occur across a wide range of psychiatric disorders, but outside of PTSD presentations are infrequently considered a treatment priority. We …

Conspiracy theories and online rabbit holes have created a widespread crisis of trust. How do we go about fixing it?

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology - Parenting behaviours—including the extent to which parents are protective, hostile, or caring—likely impacts whether a child develops a...

Scientific Reports - Self-observation of a virtual body-double engaged in social interaction reduces persecutory thoughts

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Body image concerns in patients with persecutory delusions - Volume 53 Issue 9