Misunderstanding the Intentions of Others: An Exploratory Study of the Cognitive Etiology of Persecutory Delusions in Very Late-Onset Schizophrenia-Like Psychosis

Mentalizing errors may contribute to the development and maintenance of persecutory delusions in SLP. These patients do not appear to show the wider range of cognitive biases described in deluded patients with schizophrenia with onset in younger adult life.