Attachment states of mind, mentalization, and their correlates in a first-episode psychosis sample

Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 42-57

  MacBeth, Angus ^a,b   Gumley, Andrew ^a   Schwannauer, Matthias ^c   Fisher, Rebecca ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS GREATER GLASGOW AND CLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSIS; THEORY OF MIND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; THEORY OF MIND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952733595     PISSN: 14760835     EISSN: 20448341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/147608310X530246     Document Type: Article

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