Cognitive neuropsychiatry: understanding delusional belief and delusional hallucination from a cognitive neuropsychological perspective

认知神经精神病学旨在从人类心智功能异常的角度来解释精神症状。本项目采用这种类型的双因素模型来更好地理解妄想和幻觉。在这个模型中，区分了解释异常思想最初产生的因素和解释不加批判地接受而不是拒绝异常思想的因素。该模型的普遍性将通过调查妄想在一系列临床背景下进行评估。研究结果可能有助于设计更有效的认知行为疗法来治疗不同临床条件下的精神病。

Cognitive neuropsychiatry aims to explain psychiatric symptoms in terms of abnormalities in the functioning of the human mind. This project applies a two-factor model of this type to better understand delusion and hallucination. In this model, a distinction is drawn between factors which explain the initial generation of an abnormal thought and factors which explain the uncritical acceptance, rather than rejection, of the abnormal thought. The generality of this model will be evaluated by investigating delusions in a range of clinical contexts. Findings may contribute to the design of more effective cognitive-behaviour therapies for treating psychosis in different clinical conditions.