Mental state references in psychosis: A pilot study of prompted implicit mentalising during dialogue and its relationship with social functioning

Cognitive Neuropsychiatry

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 53-75

  Stewart, Suzanne L K ^a   Corcoran, Rhiannon ^b   Drake, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dialogue; Mentalising; Psychosis; Schizophrenia; Social functioning; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERSATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MENTAL HEALTH; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMMUNICATION; CUES; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60549113533     PISSN: 13546805     EISSN: 14640619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13546800902743449     Document Type: Article

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