Dream research in schizophrenia: Methodological issues and a dimensional approach

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1036-1041

  Schredl, Michael ^a  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dream content; Reliability; Schizophrenia; Validity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; DREAMING; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; SAMPLING; SCHIZOPHRENIA; VALIDITY;

ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DREAMS; HUMANS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 80054873297     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2010.05.004     Document Type: Article

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