Affinities in the phenomenological perspective of schizophrenia and recent cognitive research: Towards mutual enrichment

Theory & Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 756-770

  García Montes, José Manuel ^a   Pérez Álvarez, Marino ^b   Perona Garcelán, Salvador ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^c Andalusian Health Services   (Spain)

Author keywords

diminished self affection; dissociation; hyperreflexivity; metacognitions; phenomenology; schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870018803     PISSN: 09593543     EISSN: 14617447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959354312456600     Document Type: Article

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