Assertion: delusion | /r/HasProperty | due
Facets:
value: to neuropsychological deficits
type: CAUSE
Source sentences:
text: The theory that delusions are due to a disruption of prediction-error signals may be able to vindicate this approach, although it is not clear what the link would be between such a disruption and the pathological nature of the beliefs adopted as a result of it.
text: At the present stage of empirical investigation in the formation of delusional states, the received view is that all delusions are due to neuropsychological deficits, which might include motivational factors.
text: For instance, delusions of persecution would be developed in order to protect one from low self-esteem and depression, and would be due to the attribution of negative events to some malevolent other rather than to oneself.
text: If the delusions are due to substance abuse or other organic causes, then treatment for the original problem can reduce delusions.