Is the content of delusions and hallucinations important?

Australasian Psychiatry

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 306-311

  Aschebrock, Yasmin ^a,b   Gavey, Nicola ^a   McCreanor, Tim ^a   Tippett, Lynette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b Northland Health   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Delusions; Hallucinations; Psychiatric symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DELUSION; FEMALE; HALLUCINATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0142060991     PISSN: 10398562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1665.2003.00560.x     Document Type: Article

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