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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 ...

(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 ...

Rational beliefs are formed on the basis of solid evidence and are open for appropriate revision when emerging evidence makes them less likely to be true. In contrast, a person with a delusion will ...