More generally, Natalie’s account reveals commonalities between delusions and ordinary beliefs and supports the view that delusions can be understood in terms of cognitive processes across the stages ...

Natalie also recalled other beliefs, including that she was dead (known as Cotard delusion), which she did not share with clinicians at the time. She noted that she entertained this idea due to ...

But if we already accept delusions that help improve well-being in one part of our lives, why not do it everywhere that it’s useful? An area where this approach might be enormously helpful is in ...