Experts assess isolation, self-focus, and group ties to distinguish conspiracy beliefs from clinical delusions.

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

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

An article, "Shoggoths, Sycophancy, Psychosis, Oh My: Rethinking Large Language Model Use and Safety," explores how features like AI sycophancy may amplify delusional beliefs and contribute to user ...

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

A delusion is a fixed, relatively immutable, persistent, false belief with no basis in reality. Source: Piotr Marcinski/Shutterstock We talk often about "deluded" people: “The person on the talent ...

Can digital therapy help counteract the distressing auditory hallucinations experienced by individuals with psychosis? A phase 2/3 trial, recently published in Nature Medicine, offers promising ...

(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 ...

Some peculiarities of the delusional state (The patients described below have been disguised.) In a way, everything about the delusional state is peculiar. An affected person (usually a paranoid ...