Intolerance of uncertainty and distress associated with the experience of psychosis

Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 317-324

  White, R G ^a   Gumley, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PARANOID PSYCHOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOSIS; UNCERTAINTY;

ADULT; ANXIETY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARANOID DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNCERTAINTY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956192811     PISSN: 14760835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/147608309X477572     Document Type: Article

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