Need for closure and anxiety in delusions: A longitudinal investigation in early psychosis

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1385-1396

  Colbert, Susannah M ^a   Peters, Emmanuelle R ^a   Garety, Philippa A ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Delusions; Psychosis; Reasoning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DELUSIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELUSIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 33748922397     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2005.06.007     Document Type: Article

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