Self-focused attention in schizophrenic patients with and without auditory hallucinations and normal subjects: A comparative study

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 937-941

  Morrison, Anthony P ^a   Haddock, Gillian ^b  

^a Prestwich Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Auditory hallucinations; Schizophrenia; Self focus

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031537141     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(97)00130-X     Document Type: Article

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