Under what circumtances do patients with schizophrenia jump to conclusions? A liberal acceptance account

British Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 127-137

  Moritz, Steffen ^a   Woodward, Todd S ^b,c   Lambert, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b Riverview Hospital   (Canada)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AMBIGUITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SYNDROME SCALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RATING SCALE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TASK PERFORMANCE; THINKING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; MOTIVATION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE;

ADULT; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MOTIVATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 34249857133     PISSN: 01446657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/014466506X129862     Document Type: Article

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