Cognitive models propose that paranoia and persecutory delusions arise from misinterpretation of personal experiences as threatening, driven by maladaptive beliefs, anomalous perceptions and biased ...

Delusions are fixed beliefs that do not change, even when a person is presented with conflicting evidence. Delusions are considered "bizarre" if they are clearly implausible and peers within the same ...

Delusions—fixed false beliefs—can be tricky to study. And it's not yet clear how the brain gives rise to these departures from reality. Further, there are many types of delusions. Those with ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A theoretically driven cognitive therapy program significantly reduced persistent persecutory delusions compared ...

Many people with psychosis suffer from persecutory delusions—beliefs that terrible things will happen to them in everyday situations, such as people trying to harm them. The disorder causes social ...

Professor Daniel Freeman, clinical psychologist, explains how delusions may be unfounded but they cause real distress and misery for sufferers—who feel constantly unsafe. He set himself the challenge ...

A delusion is a belief based on an inaccurate interpretation of reality, despite clear evidence to the contrary. A delusional disorder causes a person to have delusional thoughts for a prolonged ...