Delusion, the overvalued idea and religious beliefs: A comparative analysis of their characteristics

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 170, Issue APR., 1997, Pages 381-386

  Jones, Edgar ^a   Watson, J P ^a  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELUSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; RELIGION; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0030962701     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.170.4.381     Document Type: Article

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