Nonordinary experiences, well-being and mental health: A systematic review of the evidence and recommendations for future research

EO Maraldi, A Taves, J Moll, L Hartle… - Journal of religion and …, 2024 - Springer
Throughout history, people have reported nonordinary experiences (NOEs) such as feelings
of oneness with the universe and hearing voices. Although these experiences form the basis …

Delusions as epistemic hypervigilance

R McKay, H Mercier - Current Directions in Psychological …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Delusions are distressing and disabling symptoms of various clinical disorders. Delusions
are associated with an aberrant and apparently contradictory treatment of evidence …

[HTML][HTML] Revisiting Maher's one-factor theory of delusion

C Nie - Neuroethics, 2023 - Springer
How many factors, ie departures from normality, are necessary to explain a delusion?
Maher's classic one-factor theory argues that the only factor is the patient's anomalous …

Conspiracy Theory Belief: A Sane Response to an Insane World?

JM Pierre - Review of Philosophy and Psychology, 2023 - Springer
Are conspiracy theory beliefs pathological? That depends on what is meant by"
pathological." This paper begins by unpacking that ill-defined and value-laden term before …

Measles, magic and misidentifications: a defence of the two-factor theory of delusions

R McKay - Cognitive Neuropsychiatry, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Corlett (Corlett, P.(this issue). Factor one, familiarity and frontal cortex: A
challenge to the two-factor theory of delusions. Cognitive Neuropsychiatry) provides a robust …

Conspiracies Gone Wild: A Psychiatric Perspective on Conspiracy Theory Belief, Mental Illness, and the Potential for Lone Actor Ideological Violence

JM Pierre - Terrorism and Political Violence, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Conspiracy theory belief (CTB) has been increasingly recognized as a driving force of
extremist violence. This paper provides a psychiatric perspective on the phenomenon of …

[HTML][HTML] The Epistemic Innocence of Elaborated Delusions Re-Examined

M Białek - Review of Philosophy and Psychology, 2023 - Springer
The aim of this paper is twofold. First, I want to re-examine the epistemic status of elaborated
delusions. Bortolotti (,) claims that they can be epistemically innocent. However, I will show …

On the nature, pathology, and etiology of delusions: comments on Miyazono's delusions and beliefs

E Sakakibara - Asian Journal of Philosophy, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Kengo Miyazono's (2019) Delusions and Beliefs: A Philosophical Inquiry is an
attempt to provide a unified account of the nature, pathology, and etiology of delusions. The …

[PDF][PDF] Rehabilitation of individuals with schizophrenia in southwest Nigeria: experiences and practices of clients, families and healthcare practitioners

OO Oyelade - 2022 - wiredspace.wits.ac.za
Background: schizophrenia is the most chronic form of mental illness. It is a
noncommunicable disease of the mind that affects the thoughts, feelings, moods, and …

Understanding delusions: evidence, reason, and experience

C Nie - 2021 - wrap.warwick.ac.uk
This thesis develops a novel framework for explaining delusions. In Chapter 1, I introduce
the two fundamental challenges posed by delusions: the evidence challenge lies in …