Self-discrepancies, attentional bias and persecutory delusions

British Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-12

  Kinderman, Peter ^a   Prince, Sharon ^b   Waller, Glenn ^c   Peters, Emmanuelle ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b SPRINGFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PARANOIA; PERSECUTORY DELUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SELF CONCEPT; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; THREAT;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DELUSIONS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0037350393     PISSN: 01446657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/014466503762841977     Document Type: Article

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