Delusional Beliefs

Approaches to the Definition and Study of Delusions (T. Oltmanns). THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES. Anomalous Experience and Delusional Thinking: The Logic of Explanations (B. Maher). Discriminating the Origin of Information (M. Johnson). Hypnosis and the Psychology of Delusions (J. Kihlstrom & I. Hoyt). Standard Utilization and the Social-Evaluative Process: Vulnerability to Types of Aberrant Beliefs (E. Higgins & M. Moretti). Defensive Functions of Manic Episodes (J. Neale). On the Experimental Psychopathology of Delusions (M. Strauss). DESCRIPTIONS AND DEFINITIONS. The Genesis of Delusions (L. Chapman & J. Chapman). Schizophrenic Delusions: An Analysis of Their Persistence, of Related Premorbid Ideas, and of Three Major Dimensions (M. Harrow, et al.). Some Cross-Cultural Aspects of Delusions (J. Westermeyer). Delusions: Culture, Psychosis and the Problem of Meaning (A. Gaines). Delusions and the Construction of Reality (D. Heise). APPROACHES TO TREATMENT. The Treatment of Delusions in Schizophrenic Patients. (D. Heinrichs). The Treatment of Delusions in Patients with Paranoid, Paraphrenic, and Affective Disorders. (H. Hendrie, et al.). Research Hypotheses for Intervention with Delusion-Prone Individuals. (K. Heller). REFLECTIONS, OBSERVATIONS, AND FINAL COMMENTS. Delusional Processes: An Interactive Developmental Perspective. (J. Strauss) Delusions as the Product of Normal Cognitions. (B. Maher). Author Index. Subject Index.Oltmanns, Thomas F. is the author of 'Delusional Beliefs' with ISBN 9780471836353 and ISBN 0471836354.