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When radical uncertainty is too much: Clinical aspects of Conviction Narrative Theory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 May 2023

Omer Linkovski Open the ORCID record for Omer Linkovski [Opens in a new window]  and
Renana Eitan
Omer Linkovski
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology and The Gonda Interdisciplinary Brain Research Center, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan 5290002, Israel Omer.linkovski@biu.ac.il https://linkovskilab.com
Renana Eitan
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Tel-Aviv Medical Center, Tel-Aviv 6423906, Israel renanae@tlvmc.gov.il https://www.tasmc.org.il/sites/en/Personnel/pages/eitan-renana.aspx Department of Psychiatry, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Abstract

We propose extrapolating Conviction Narrative Theory (CNT) to clinical psychology and psychiatry. We demonstrate how CNT principles may benefit assessment, therapy, and possibly even modify public health views of neuropsychiatric disorders. Our commentary focuses on hoarding disorder as a model, elaborates on discrepancies in the scientific literature and suggests how the CNT may resolve them.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 46 , 2023 , e101
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