Psychologist Professor Daniel Freeman concludes his exploration of delusions, looking at both historic and contemporary case studies. In the final programme he examines the latest thinking on the causes of and treatment for delusional thinking.

Delusions of the body

Dec 13th, 2018 14m 44s

Clinical psychologist Professor Daniel Freeman explores cases of delusions - strongly held, preoccupying false beliefs.In this series he unearths case studies from the archives dating back to the Renaissance, he meets people who have recently e

Intensive care delirium

Dec 12th, 2018 14m 25s

Clinical psychologist Professor Daniel Freeman continues his exploration of delusions, looking at both historic and contemporary case studies. In this programme he hears a case from 1892, of a patient at the Victorian psychiatric hospital Bethl

Grand Passions

Dec 11th, 2018 14m 31s

Psychologist and therapist Professor Daniel Freeman explores the history of delusions - strongly held, preoccupying false beliefs – with cases from the archives and first-hand testimonies from people who have experienced delusional thinking. Co

Capgras: the 'Illusion of Doubles'

Dec 10th, 2018 14m 30s

Clinical psychologist Professor Daniel Freeman explores historic and contemporary cases of delusions – a belief that is impossible, incredible or false; is held with a high degree of certainty; and endures despite evidence to the contrary.In th

A Paranoid Conspiracy: James Tilly Matthews and the Air Loom Gang

Dec 7th, 2018 14m

Clinical psychologist Daniel Freeman explores cases of delusion from the archives and speaks to people who have experienced them first-hand.In this programme, Daniel examines the most common type of delusion – paranoia. The incorrect belief tha

Long Shadows: Trauma and Delusions

Dec 6th, 2018 13m 51s

Clinical psychologist Professor Daniel Freeman continues his exploration of delusions, looking at historic and contemporary case studies.In this programme, he looks at delusions relating to trauma. He begins with a case study from 1800 recorded

Francis Spira and the 'Delusion of Despair'

Dec 5th, 2018 13m 35s

Clinical psychologist Professor Daniel Freeman continues his exploration of delusions, looking at both historic and contemporary case studies.In this programme he examines the Delusion of Despair.He begins with the story of Francis Spira, the 1

Cotard: the 'Walking Corpse Delusion'

Dec 3rd, 2018 13m 48s

Clinical psychologist Professor Daniel Freeman continues his exploration of delusions, looking at both historic and contemporary case studies. In this programme, he examines Cotard's Syndrome - the belief that you are dead. In Paris in 1880, Ju

Napoleon and 'Delusions of Grandeur'

Dec 3rd, 2018 13m 57s

Clinical psychologist Professor Daniel Freeman begins an exploration of delusions, looking at both historic and contemporary case studies. He hears first about the fourteen "Emperor Napoleons" who presented at Bicetre Asylum in Paris in 1840, t