Cognitive factors maintaining persecutory delusions in psychosis: The contribution of depression

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1121-1131

  Vorontsova, Natasha ^a   Garety, Philippa ^a   Freeman, Daniel ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Depression; Paranoia; Persecutory delusions; Psychosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; MALE; PARANOIA; PATIENT WORRY; PERSECUTORY DELUSION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RUMINATION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELF REPORT;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION; DELUSIONS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA, PARANOID; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 84890928466     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: 19391846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0034952     Document Type: Article

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