PROPERTIES OF DELUSIONS (LIST)
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(see also REFERENCES)
PROBLEMS IN DEFINING DELUSIONS
Oltmanns, T. F. (1988). Approaches to the definition and study of delusions. In T. F. Oltmanns & B. A. Maher (Eds.), Delusional beliefs (pp.3-11). New York: Wiley.
Reed, G. (1988). The psychology of anomalous experience: A cognitive approach (rev. ed.). Buffalo, NY: Prometheus.
Spitzer, M. (1990) On defining delusions. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 31, 377-397.
Sedler, M. (1995) Understanding delusions. The Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 18, 251-262.
DELUSIONS: REVIEW ARTICLES
Butler, R. W., & Braff, D. L. (1991). Delusions: A review and integration. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 17, 633-647.
Maher, B. A., & Spitzer, M. (1993). Delusions. In P. B. Sutker & H. E. Adams (Eds.), Comprehensive handbook of psychopathology (2nd ed.). New York: Plenum.
Roberts, G. (1992). The origins of delusion. British Journal of Psychiatry, 161, 298-308.
Winters, K. C., & Neale, J. M. (1983). Delusions and delusional thinking in psychotics: A review of the literature. Clinical Psychology Review, 3, 227-253.
THE CONCEPT PSYCHOSIS
Beer, M. D. (1996). Psychosis: A history of the concept. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 37, 273-291
Rudnick, A. (1997). On the notion of psychosis: the DSM-IV in perspective. Psychopathology, 30, 298-302.
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