Delusional belief

Annual Review of Psychology

Volumn 62, Issue , 2011, Pages 271-298

  Coltheart, Max ^a   Langdon, Robyn ^a   McKay, Ryan ^a,b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cognitive neuropsychiatry; delusion; schizophrenia. psychosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DELUSION; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOSIS;

DELUSIONS; HUMANS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 78650969009     PISSN: 00664308     EISSN: 15452085     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.psych.121208.131622     Document Type: Article

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