Hypothesis: grandiosity and guilt cause paranoia; paranoid schizophrenia is a psychotic mood disorder; a review.

Delusional paranoia has been associated with severe mental illness for over a century. Kraepelin introduced a disorder called "paranoid depression," but "paranoid" became linked to schizophrenia, not …

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Lake, C. R. (2008). Hypothesis: grandiosity and guilt cause paranoia; paranoid schizophrenia is a psychotic mood disorder; a review.. Schizophr Bull, 34(6), 1151-62. https://doi.org/10.1093/schbul/sbm132

Psychiatric care in Asia: spirituality and religious connotations.

Throughout the history of humanity it has been said that the individual ego, is a very limited form of identity. Spirituality is shaped by larger social circumstances and by the beliefs and values pre…

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Chaudhry, H. R. (2008). Psychiatric care in Asia: spirituality and religious connotations.. Int Rev Psychiatry, 20(5), 477-83. https://doi.org/10.1080/09540260802397602

Insurance, risk, and magical thinking.

The possession of an insurance policy may not only affect the severity of a potential loss but also its perceived probability. Intuitively, people may feel that if they are insured nothing bad is like…

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Tykocinski, O. E. (2008). Insurance, risk, and magical thinking.. Pers Soc Psychol Bull, 34(10), 1346-56. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167208320556

Genital self-mutilation in nonpsychotic heterosexual males: Case report of two cases.

Genital self-mutilation is a rare event that is commonly associated with psychotic disorders. However such injuries have also been reported from nonpsychotic patients as a result either from bizarre a…

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Nerli, R. B., Ravish, I. R., Amarkhed, S. S., Manoranjan, U. D., Prabha, V., & Koura, A. (2008). Genital self-mutilation in nonpsychotic heterosexual males: Case report of two cases.. Indian J Psychiatry, 50(4), 285-7. https://doi.org/10.4103/0019-5545.44753

Moving beyond an exclusive focus on harm avoidance in obsessive compulsive disorder: considering the role of incompleteness.

Cognitive-behavioral conceptualizations of obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) have predominantly viewed compulsions as being motivated by harm avoidance. However, sensations of things being incomplet…

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Pietrefesa, A. S., & Coles, M. E. (2008). Moving beyond an exclusive focus on harm avoidance in obsessive compulsive disorder: considering the role of incompleteness.. Behav Ther, 39(3), 224-31. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beth.2007.08.004

Sex-specific clinical correlates of hoarding in obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Little is known about whether the clinical correlates of hoarding behavior are different in men and women with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). In the current study, we evaluated the association o…

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Samuels, J. F., Bienvenu, O. J., Pinto, A., Murphy, D. L., Piacentini, J., Rauch, S. L., Fyer, A. J., Grados, M. A., Greenberg, B. D., Knowles, J. A., McCracken, J. T., Cullen, B., Riddle, M. A., Rasmussen, S. A., Pauls, D. L., Liang, K. Y., Hoehn-Saric, R., Pulver, A. E., & Nestadt, G. (2008). Sex-specific clinical correlates of hoarding in obsessive-compulsive disorder.. Behav Res Ther, 46(9), 1040-6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2008.06.005

The cult of the amateur in agriculture threatens food security.

The incorporation of science and technology into agriculture has led to enormous growth in crop yields, providing food security in many countries. From the 1950s onwards there has been increasing inte…

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Trewavas, A. (2008). The cult of the amateur in agriculture threatens food security.. Trends Biotechnol, 26(9), 475-8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tibtech.2008.06.002

Obsessive-compulsive disorder with and without tic disorder: a comparative study from India.

INTRODUCTION: Evidence from phenomenological, family, genetic, and treatment studies from Western centers have suggested that tic-related obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) could be different from no…

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Jaisoorya, T. S., Reddy, Y. C., Srinath, S., & Thennarasu, K. (2008). Obsessive-compulsive disorder with and without tic disorder: a comparative study from India.. CNS Spectr, 13(8), 705-11. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1092852900013791

Symptom subtypes of obsessive-compulsive disorder: are they relevant for treatment?

Several symptom subtypes of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) have been identified on the basis of the predominant obsessions and compulsions. The objectives of the present article were to review th…

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Starcevic, V., & Brakoulias, V. (2008). Symptom subtypes of obsessive-compulsive disorder: are they relevant for treatment?. Aust N Z J Psychiatry, 42(8), 651-61. https://doi.org/10.1080/00048670802203442

Incompleteness and harm avoidance in OCD symptom dimensions.

Incompleteness (INC) and harm avoidance (HA) are motivational core dimensions of OCD. While HA-related concepts (e.g., inflated responsibility, overestimation of threat) are a main focus of current co…

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Ecker, W., & Gönner, S. (2008). Incompleteness and harm avoidance in OCD symptom dimensions.. Behav Res Ther, 46(8), 895-904. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2008.04.002

Scrupulosity disorder: an overview and introductory analysis.

Scrupulosity is a psychological disorder primarily characterized by pathological guilt or obsession associated with moral or religious issues that is often accompanied by compulsive moral or religious…

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Miller, C. H., & Hedges, D. W. (2008). Scrupulosity disorder: an overview and introductory analysis.. J Anxiety Disord, 22(6), 1042-58. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.janxdis.2007.11.004

Perceptions about the cause of schizophrenia and the subsequent help seeking behavior in a Pakistani population - results of a cross-sectional survey.

BACKGROUND: There is a cultural variability around the perception of what causes the syndrome of schizophrenia. Generally patients with schizophrenia are considered dangerous. They are isolated and tr…

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Zafar, S. N., Syed, R., Tehseen, S., Gowani, S. A., Waqar, S., Zubair, A., Yousaf, W., Zubairi, A. J., & Naqvi, H. (2008). Perceptions about the cause of schizophrenia and the subsequent help seeking behavior in a Pakistani population - results of a cross-sectional survey.. BMC Psychiatry, 8, 56. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-244X-8-56