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16 - Psychosis and Schizophrenia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 March 2023

By
Brandon A. Gaudiano ,
Katherine Visser  and
Elizabeth Thompson
Edited by
Stephen Hupp  and
Cara L. Santa Maria
Stephen Hupp
Affiliation:
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Cara L. Santa Maria
Affiliation:
Fielding Graduate University, California
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Summary

This chapter describes pseudoscience and questionable ideas related to psychosis and the schizophrenia spectrum. The chapter opens by discussing diagnostic confusion and questionable assessment practices such as projective tests. The chapter also considers myths that influence treatment. Dubious treatments include homeopathy, psychoanalysis, vitamin therapy, lobotomy, insulin coma therapy, and exorcism. The chapter closes by reviewing research-supported approaches.

Keywords

psychosisschizophreniaprojective testsschizophrenogenic motherpsychoanalysisvitamin therapylobotomyinsulin coma therapyelectroconvulsive therapyexorcismcognitive-behavioral therapy
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Pseudoscience in Therapy
A Skeptical Field Guide
 , pp. 261 - 281
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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