Two predictions about paranoid ideation: Deluded, depressed and normal participants' subjective frequency and consensus judgments for positive, neutral and negative events

British Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 349-364

  Kaney, Sue ^a   Bowen Jones, Kim ^a   Dewey, Michael E ^a   Bentall, Richard P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELUSION; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PARANOIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 0030983795     PISSN: 01446657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8260.1997.tb01243.x     Document Type: Article

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