Letter to the Editor: All that shines is not psychosis: A cautionary note on the assessment of psychotic symptoms in childhood and adolescence

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1787-1788

  Preti, Antonio ^a   Cella, Matteo ^b   Raballo, Andrea ^c,d  

^a Centro Medico Genneruxi   (Italy)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Mental Health and Patholological Addiction   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; NOTE; PSYCHOSIS;

HUMANS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS;

EID: 84863892960     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291712001249     Document Type: Letter

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