Misunderstanding the intentions of others? An exploratory study of the cognitive etiology of persecutory delusions in very late-onset schizophrenia-like psychosis

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 410-418

  Moore, Rosanna ^a   Blackwood, Nigel ^a   Corcoran, Rhiannon ^b   Rowse, Georgina ^b   Kinderman, Peter ^c   Bentall, Richard ^b   Howard, Robert ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive models; Theory of mind; Very late onset schizophrenia like psychosis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTIONS TASK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTALIZING ABILITY; ONSET AGE; PERSECUTORY DELUSION; PROBABILISTIC REASONING TASK; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOSIS; RECUMBENCY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERY LATE ONSET SCHIZOPHRENIA LIKE PSYCHOSIS;

EID: 33646460906     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.JGP.0000200604.47367.38     Document Type: Article

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