Uncovering the realities of delusional experience in schizophrenia: a qualitative phenomenological study in Belgium

The Lancet Psychiatry

Fecha de publicación: Agosto de 2021

Autores: Jasper Feyaerts, PhD , Wouter Kusters, PhD, Zeno Van Duppen, MD, Prof Stijn Vanheule, PhD, Prof Inez Myin-Germeys, PhD, Prof Louis Sass, PhD

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366(21)00196-6

Background: Delusions in schizophrenia are commonly approached as empirical false beliefs about everyday reality. Phenomenological accounts, by contrast, have suggested that delusions are more adequately understood as pertaining to a different kind of reality experience.