A comparison of delusions and overvalued ideas

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 198, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 35-38

  Mullen, Richard ^a   Linscott, Richard J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Delusion; Overvalued idea; Psychosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELUSION; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MOOD DISORDER; PERSECUTORY DELUSION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; AWARENESS; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PARANOID PSYCHOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY;

ADULT; AWARENESS; COGNITION DISORDERS; DELUSIONS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARANOID DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 74949108767     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e3181c818b2     Document Type: Article

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