An investigation of a novel transdiagnostic model of delusions in a group with positive schizotypal symptoms

Cognitive Neuropsychiatry

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 285-304

  Cameron, Clare ^a   Kaplan, Ryan A ^b   Rossell, Susan L ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

delusions; schizophrenia; schizotypy; semantic memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ANGER; ARTICLE; BECK ANXIETY INVENTORY; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE; BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE EXPANDED VERSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DISORGANISATION SUBSCALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELUSION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE MODEL; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TASK; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OXFORD LIVERPOOL INVENTORY OF FEELINGS AND EXPERIENCE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERCEPTION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PETERS DELUSIONS INVENTORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; SCHIZOTYPAL SYMPTOM; SEMANTIC MEMORY; SEMANTIC PRIMING TASK; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; TRANSDIAGNOSTIC MODEL; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE; WESCHLER TEST OF ADULT READING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DELUSIONS; FEMALE; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPETITION PRIMING; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; SEMANTICS;

EID: 84898009870     PISSN: 13546805     EISSN: 14640619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13546805.2013.836478     Document Type: Article

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