Incautious reasoning as a pathogenetic factor for the development of psychotic symptoms in schizophrenia

Schizophrenia Bulletin

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 327-331

  Moritz, Steffen ^a   Woodward, Todd S ^b,c   Hausmann, Daniel ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b Riverview Hospital   (Canada)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Decision making; Delusion; Probability threshold

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TELEVISION;

ADULT; DECISION MAKING; DELUSIONS; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33645217773     PISSN: 05867614     EISSN: 17451701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbj034     Document Type: Article

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