Worry, worry processes and dimensions of delusions: An exploratory investigation of a role for anxiety processes in the maintenance of delusional distress

Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 47-62

  Freeman, Daniel ^a   Garety, Philippa A ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; CBT; Delusions; Distress; Persecutory; Worry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DELUSION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOM; THINKING;

EID: 0033033701     PISSN: 13524658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s135246589927107x     Document Type: Article

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