Paranoid delusions in schizophrenia spectrum disorders and depression: The transdiagnostic role of expectations of negative events and negative self-esteem

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 196, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 375-383

  Bentall, Richard P ^a   Rouse, Georgina ^b   Kinderman, Peter ^c   Blackwood, Nigel ^d   Howard, Rob ^d   Moore, Rosie ^d   Cummins, Sinead ^e   Corcoran, Rhiannon ^f  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Delusions; Depression; Deservedness; Paranoia; Schizophrenia; Self esteem

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARANOIA; PERSECUTORY DELUSION; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF ESTEEM;

ADULT; CULTURE; DELUSIONS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARANOID DISORDERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIA, PARANOID; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 43649083323     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e31817108db     Document Type: Article

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