Better theory-of-mind skills in children hearing voices mitigate the risk of secondary delusion formation

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 193-197

  Bartels Velthuis, A ^a   Blijd Hoogewys, E M A ^b   van Os, J ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Lentis   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child and adolescent psychiatry; Psychoses; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY HALLUCINATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DELUSIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL COGNITION; THEORY OF MIND;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DELUSIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; THEORY OF MIND;

EID: 80051671299     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2011.01699.x     Document Type: Article

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