Book contents
- Psychopathology of Rare and Unusual Syndromes
- Psychopathology of Rare and Unusual Syndromes
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Reviews
- Preface
- Section 1 Abnormalities of Belief and Judgement
- Chapter 1 Delusional Misidentification Syndromes
- Chapter 2 Othello Syndrome
- Chapter 3 Folie à Deux
- Chapter 4 Couvade and Pseudocyesis
- Section 2 Abnormalities of the Experience of Love
- Section 3 Abnormalities of Perception
- Section 4 Abnormalities of the Self
- Section 5 Abnormalities of Experience of the Body
- Section 6 Abnormalities of Memory Function
- Section 7 Abnormalities of Behaviour
- References
- Index
Chapter 4 - Couvade and Pseudocyesis
from Section 1 - Abnormalities of Belief and Judgement
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 26 August 2021
- Psychopathology of Rare and Unusual Syndromes
- Psychopathology of Rare and Unusual Syndromes
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Reviews
- Preface
- Section 1 Abnormalities of Belief and Judgement
- Chapter 1 Delusional Misidentification Syndromes
- Chapter 2 Othello Syndrome
- Chapter 3 Folie à Deux
- Chapter 4 Couvade and Pseudocyesis
- Section 2 Abnormalities of the Experience of Love
- Section 3 Abnormalities of Perception
- Section 4 Abnormalities of the Self
- Section 5 Abnormalities of Experience of the Body
- Section 6 Abnormalities of Memory Function
- Section 7 Abnormalities of Behaviour
- References
- Index
Summary
In Chapters 1–3, I explored the differing origins of delusional beliefs with the express purpose of arguing that the underlying mechanisms of delusional beliefs are what distinguishes different sets of delusions from one another. This notion is a departure from the now well-established demarcation of delusions into primary and secondary delusions and overvalued ideas. It emphasizes underlying mechanisms, pointing to the role of impairment of face processing, for example, in delusional misidentification syndromes and the place of the evolutionary biology of mate selection and the differential energetics of mating strategies in morbid jealousy. Finally, I argued that in folie a deux, the social psychology of persuasive communication and the normative mechanisms for transferring beliefs between people and in social groups are a prerequisite for understanding its origins.
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- Psychopathology of Rare and Unusual Syndromes , pp. 41 - 56Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021