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Richard Bentall, a distinguished professor in Clinical Psychology, will be delivering a talk about his recent research in this area.

Richard Bentall is professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Sheffield. He is well known as a researcher and speaker as well as for his many publications which promote psychological and social understandings of mental health.

Professor Bentall’s recent writing explores the ethical and philosophical challenges associated with the concept of ‘delusional’ belief. You can read more in his chapter of the 2023 Book ‘Decoding Delusions’ (available at Chapter 1. Delusional Beliefs and the Madness of Crowds) in which he discusses the ways in which so-called ‘normal’ beliefs form part of complex systems which can be rigid and resistant to contradiction.

Professor Bentall will be talking to us about ‘Delusions, ideologies and the madness of crowds’.