Delusions Are Often Not-So-Delusional After All

All had suffered through a first episode of psychosis and were either experiencing or had experienced clinically significant ...

Psychosis patients 'living in metaphor': New study radically shifts ideas about delusions

People experiencing delusions during an episode of psychosis may be "living out" a deeply held emotion, according to new ...
Earth.com

Psychotic delusions may arise from intense emotional experiences

New research suggests delusions in psychosis may function as a “lived metaphor,” shaped by emotion, the body, and lived ...
SFGate

Hacked phones and Wi-Fi surveillance have replaced Cold War spies and radio waves in the delusions of people with schizophrenia

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Alaina Vandervoort Burns, University of California, Los Angeles (THE CONVERSATION) A ...
Psychology Today

The Role of Motivation in Delusional Belief

Rational beliefs are formed on the basis of solid evidence and are open for appropriate revision when emerging evidence makes them less likely to be true. In contrast, a person with a delusion will ...