Michael Heap is a retired Clinical & Forensic Psychologist living in Sheffield, England. A member of the ECSO Board of Directors, he is one of the founders of the UK’s Association for Skeptical Enquiry and, until 2023, Editor of its online quarterly magazine the Skeptical Intelligencer.
Abstract
Strange and Irrational Beliefs: Psychopathological or Not?
This talk compares and contrasts the nature of strange and irrational beliefs that are commonly regarded as diagnostic of a psychological disorder or mental illness with those that are not.