What Are Extreme Overvalued Beliefs?

04/03/2025 1h 8min Episodio 46

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Episode 46: What Are Extreme Overvalued Beliefs? - has Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Dr. Tahir Rahman, explain how beliefs and not delusions are responsible for attacks.Episode Summary:This episode of The Simple Questions Podcast features a discussion between Dylan Carnahan and Dr. Tahir Rahman, an award-winning author and physician-scientist at Washington University in St. Louis. Dr. Rahman is recognized for helping develop a threat assessment framework centered on obsessions, delusions, and extreme overvalued beliefs.Listen as Dr. Rahman shares his insights on the impacts of extreme overvalued beliefs (EOB).In this episode we discuss:00:29 - Introducing Dr. Tahir Rahman01:54 - Psychiatry Beginnings 08:08 - History of EOB16:00 - Escalation to Violence (Lee Harvey Oswald)30:13 - Warning Signs47:28 - Good vs. Bad 59:21 - Advice for Average Person1:06:08 - Learning More1:07:30 - ConclusionResources:⁠Dr. Rahman's WebsitePsychology Today ArticleExtreme Overvalued Beliefs BookThis episode includes the track 'RSPN' by Blank & Kytt. The song is used under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. You can find more of Blank & Kytt's music ⁠here