Delusions are commonly conceived as false beliefs that are held with certainty and which
cannot be corrected. This conception of delusion has been influential throughout the history …

Nearly all psychiatric diseases involve alterations in subjective, lived experience. The
scientific study of the biological basis of mental illness has generally focused on objective …

Despite all neurobiological/neurocomputational progress in psychiatric research, recent
authors speak about a 'crisis of contemporary psychiatry'. Some argue that we do not yet …

Self-disorders have been proposed as the “clinical core” of the schizophrenia spectrum. This
has been explored in recent studies using self-disorder assessment tools. However, there …

A growing body of research supports the role of self-disorders as core phenotypic features of
schizophrenia-spectrum disorders. Self-disorders comprise various alterations of conscious …

The neurodevelopmental model of schizophrenia is supported by multi-level impairments
shared among schizophrenia and neurodevelopmental disorders. Despite schizophrenia …

The biochemical integrity of the brain is paramount to the function of the central nervous
system, and oxidative stress is a key contributor to cerebral biochemical impairment …

Delusions are transdiagnostic and heterogeneous phenomena with varying degrees of
intensity, stability, and dimensional attributes where the boundaries between everyday …

Background Autobiographical memory is an important component of declarative memory,
which refers to the ability to recall personal events that happened in the past. This requires …

Phenomenology gives rise to certain ontological considerations that have far-reaching
implications for standard conceptions of patient autonomy in medical ethics, and, as a result …