Does religious belief enable positive interpretation of auditory hallucinations? A comparison of religious voice hearers with and without psychosis

Cognitive Neuropsychiatry

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 403-421

  Cottam, S ^a   Paul, S N ^b   Doughty, O J ^c   Carpenter, L ^d   Al Mousawi, A ^e   Karvounis, S ^f   Done, D J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Bedford and Luton Partnership Trust   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^e CENTRAL AND NORTH WEST LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^f BEH MHT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beliefs; Hearing voices; Psychosis; Religion; Schematic processing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY HALLUCINATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT OF AUDITORY HALLUCINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAUNEY SLADE HALLUCINATION SCALE; MALE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIGION; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TOPOGRAPHY OF VOICE RATING SCALE;

ADULT; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION;

EID: 80052741265     PISSN: 13546805     EISSN: 14640619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13546805.2010.548543     Document Type: Article

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