title: Delusional thinking: a thought or affective disorder? A paradigm for working through delusional thinking in psychotherapy.
abstract: A paradigm for treating delusional beliefs is offered here. Certain delusional beliefs are analyzed as the result of an underlying affective disorder that masquerades as a thought problem. Through clinical illustration the author demonstrates that the psychotherapist can access the very heart of a delusion and restructure it by focusing on the affective origins of the delusion.
authors.affiliation: American Academy of Clinical Psychology, USA. jmalanchar@aol.com
authors.forename: Joseph M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Malancharuvil
mesh_terms: D003702:Delusions / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000523:psychology*; D013811:Psychotherapeutic Processes; D011613:Psychotherapy