Delusional discourse: An investigation comparing the spontaneous causal attributions of paranoid and non-paranoid individuals

Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 525-540

  Lee, David A ^a   Randall, Fiona ^a   Beattie, Geoffrey ^a   Bentall, Richard P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELUSIONAL DISORDER; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MODEL; PARANOIA; TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; CULTURE; DELUSIONS; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHIZOPHRENIA, PARANOID; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 11144260162     PISSN: 14760835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/1476083042555361     Document Type: Article

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