Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Cognitive Science
July 1, 2018
Bryan Chambliss
The mind-body problem is the problem of explaining how the happenings of our mental lives are related to physical states, events and processes. Proposed solutions to the problem vary by whether and how they endorse physicalism, the claim that mental states are ultimately "nothing over and above" physical states, and by how they understand the interactions between mental and physical states....
The International Journal of Psychoanalysis
April 2018
Brett H Clarke
As a conspicuously hybrid entity, neuropsychoanalysis enjoins one to look critically at its assumptions about knowledge and subjectivity as one tries to understand how its un-hyphenated halves relate to one another. The author looks at the differences between mind (which is grounded in subjective experience) and brain (which is an objectively described neurobiological entity), and suggests that...
Frontiers in Psychology
February 13, 2018
Michel Cermolacce, Katherine Despax, Raphaëlle Richieri et al.
Delusion is usually considered in DSM 5 as a false belief based on incorrect inference about external reality, but the issue of delusion raises crucial concerns, especially that of a possible (or absent) continuity between delusional and normal experiences, and the understanding of delusional experience. In the present study, we first aim to consider delusion from a perspectivist angle,...
Brain and Cognition
February 2018
Jolien C. Francken, Marc Slors
To enable the impact of neuroscientific insights on our daily lives, careful translation of research findings is required. However, neuroscientific terminology and common-sense concepts are often hard to square. For example, when neuroscientists study lying to allow the use of brain scans for lie-detection purposes, the concept of lying in the scientific case differs considerably from the...
Journal of Affective Disorders
February 2018
Gerrit I Van Schalkwyk, Samuel T. Wilkinson, Larry Davidson et al.
Ketamine has rapid-acting antidepressant effects. Frequently, ketamine administration also causes acute psychoactive effects - in trials, these effects are commonly measured using the Clinician Administered Dissociative State Scale (CADSS). However, the CADSS was not designed for this specific purpose, having been validated in other clinical contexts, and anecdotally does not appear to fully...
Psychosis
2018
Sarah R. Kamens, Larry Davidson, Emily Hyun et al.
Mounting evidence has indicated that early intervention leads to improved clinical and functional outcomes for young persons experiencing recent onset psychosis. As part of a large early detection campaign, the present study aimed to investigate subjective experiences during the duration of untreated psychosis (DUP), or time between psychosis onset and treatment contact. Participants were 10...
Frontiers in Psychiatry
2018
Christina W. Slotema, Jan Dirk Blom, Marieke B A Niemantsverdriet et al.
Background: Auditory verbal hallucinations (AVH) are experienced more frequently by patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD) than previously assumed. However, consensus is lacking on how to treat them. Objective: To provide a systematic review of studies reporting on AVH in patients with BPD, with a focus on the efficacy of treatment of psychotic symptoms. Methods: For this review a...
Industrial Psychiatry Journal
2018
Sandeep Grover, Aseem Mehra, Devakshi Dua
Succubus is also known as demon female lover who approaches males in their dreams to have sex. This is the phenomenon which is rarely described in psychiatric literature. It is more identified as a cultural belief in different religions. We report the two cases diagnosed with schizophrenia, who reported this rare phenomenon of succubus as part of their psychopathology and discuss the phenomenon...
Frontiers in Psychiatry
2018
Smriti Vallath, Tanya M Luhrmann, Joske Bunders et al.
Objective: This study aims to understand the impact of negative life experience (NLE) in auditory hallucinations (AHs) and explain the heterogeneity in phenomenology of auditory verbal hallucinations (AVHs). Method: In depth interviews were conducted with 21 individuals (7 males and 14 females) experiencing AHs and accessing mental health treatment services at a not-for-profit organization....
Revista Colombiana de psiquiatria
2018
Marco Fierro, Ana María Hernández, John Malcolm
Delusion of control, including thought insertion, occurs in 20% of patients with schizophrenia. However little is known of its psychopathology, and studies involving patients are scarce. To explore the subjective experience of patients with delusion of control and to propose a psychopathological explanation based on empirical evidence. Qualitative exploratory study of 7 patients (6 with...