Acting on persecutory delusions: The importance of safety seeking

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 89-99

  Freeman, Daniel ^a   Garety, Philippa A ^a   Kuipers, Elizabeth ^a   Fowler, David ^b   Bebbington, Paul E ^c   Dunn, Graham ^d  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive; Delusions; Persecutory; Psychosis; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DELUSION; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOSIS; SAFETY; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; COHORT STUDIES; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; DELUSIONS; ESCAPE REACTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SAFETY; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 33750480484     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2006.01.014     Document Type: Article

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