Examining cognitive biases in patients with delusions of reference

European Psychiatry

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 71-73

  Menon, M ^a,b   Addington, J ^a,b,c   Remington, G ^a,b  

^a CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

'Jumping to conclusions'; Attributional bias; Delusions of reference; Paranoia; Probabilistic reasoning; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELUSION; DELUSIONS OF REFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARANOIA; PERSECUTORY DELUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMPLIFIED ACUTE PHYSIOLOGY SCORE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORY OF MIND;

ADULT; DECISION MAKING; DELUSIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARANOID DISORDERS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; THEORY OF MIND;

EID: 84873524147     PISSN: 09249338     EISSN: 17783585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2011.03.005     Document Type: Article

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