Background Symptom reduction under antipsychotic agents is incomplete for most
schizophrenia patients. In order to enhance outcome, cognitive approaches are increasingly …

BackgroundCognitive models propose that faulty appraisal of anomalous experiences is
critical in developing psychosis, particularly delusions. A data gathering bias may be …

Background: Previous schizophrenia research involving the “beads task” has suggested an
association between delusions and 2 reasoning biases:(1)“jumping to conclusions”(JTC) …

Objectives. Although there has been increased interest in applying attachment theory to the
psychological understanding of psychosis, research to date has focused on self‐reported …

BackgroundAlthough antipsychotic medication still represents the treatment of choice for
schizophrenia, its objective impact on symptoms is only in the medium-effect size range and …

Background Self-esteem is frequently targeted in psychological approaches to persecutory
delusions (PD). However, its precise role in the formation and maintenance of PD is unclear …

Delusions can be viewed as explanations of experiences,. By definition, the experiences are
insufficient to merit the delusional explanations. So why have delusions been accepted …

The efficacy of CBT for psychosis will be enhanced by a greater understanding of the
mechanisms underlying symptoms. Therefore, an investigation is reported that examined a …

This study examined whether the probabilistic reasoning bias referred to as a “jumping-to-
conclusions”(JTC) style of reasoning, which, according to previous research, is associated …

Drawing on the latest work in cognitive neuroscience, a philosopher proposes that delusions
are narrative models that accommodate anomalous experiences. In The Measure of …