Attributional style in a case of Cotard delusion

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 349-359

  McKay, Ryan ^a,b,c   Cipolotti, Lisa ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attributional style; Case study; Cotard delusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; COTARD DELUSION; DELUSION; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERSONALITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECOGNITION;

EID: 34249902032     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2006.06.001     Document Type: Article

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