Decoding Delusions: A Clinician's Guide to Working With Delusions and Other Extreme Beliefs

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Kate V. Hardy, ClinPsychD (Clinical Director , INSPIRE) Douglas Turkington, MD

Decoding Delusions

A Clinician's Guide to Working With Delusions and Other Extreme Beliefs

Kate V. Hardy, ClinPsychD (Clinical Director , INSPIRE), Douglas Turkington, MD

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American Psychiatric Association Publishing
11 August 2023

Psychiatry

For the individuals experiencing them, delusions and strong beliefs can be profoundly distressing and extremely limiting to healthy living. They also present significant challenges to the mental health professionals working with these individuals—not least because there is not always consensus around what might be considered delusional.

For the first time, Decoding Delusions gathers the literature and treatment guidance materials related to delusions in one place to offer clinicians an up-to-date, culturally informed, and illustrated guide to managing the spectrum of delusions and other extreme beliefs encountered in daily practice.

In Part I, chapter authors define and assess delusions, examining the current research literature into their linguistic and cultural aspects, as well as the history of their treatment. Crucially, it also provides a lived-experience perspective.

Part II features the insights of a series of international experts on interventions—including third-wave cognitive-behavioral models such as compassion-focused therapy—for delusional presentations that include the following:

• Persecutory paranoia • Delusional jealousy • Erotomania • Capgras syndrome • Delusions of thought possession • Trauma as a pathway to delusions

Readers also will find a nuanced discussion of working with patients from Japanese backgrounds that will enhance their cultural competency and encourage them to think about extreme beliefs through a cultural lens.

In Part III, the chapter authors explore the management of delusions in specific settings. Examples include delusions in forensic settings and use of remote technologies such as Zoom and digital media for measurement-based care. Finally, live-action demonstrations of key clinical skills at work are provided through video clips.

Unlike any other resource currently available, Decoding Delusions proposes an approach that supports the exploration of extreme beliefs with the aim not only of distress reduction but also meaningful recovery.

Edited by: Kate V. Hardy ClinPsychD (Clinical Director INSPIRE), Douglas Turkington, MD
Imprint: American Psychiatric Association Publishing
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 19mm
ISBN: 9781615372959
ISBN 10: 1615372954
Pages: 448
Publication Date: 11 August 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Kate V. Hardy, Clin.Psych.D., is Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, in Stanford, California. Douglas Turkington, M.D., FRCPsych, is Professor of Psychosocial Psychiatry at Newcastle University and Consultant Psychiatrist at CNTW NHS Foundation Trust, St. Nicholas Hospital, in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.

Reviews for Decoding Delusions: A Clinician's Guide to Working With Delusions and Other Extreme Beliefs

I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book as a psychiatrist who has struggled to connect and treat patients with delusional disorders. Given that the DSM-5 defines functionality and behavior of patients with delusional disorders as ""not markedly impaired"" and ""not obviously bizarre or odd"", along with the lack of consistently significant improvements with antipsychotics, it can be difficult to treat those who struggle with delusions. This book provides many insights that will provide clinicians with tools to best engage, empathize with, and understand patients in order to build therapeutic rapport in the hopes of better treatment outcomes. -- Aaron John Plattner, MD * Doody *