Sowing the seeds of doubt: A narrative review on metacognitive training in schizophrenia

Clinical Psychology Review

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 358-366

  Moritz, Steffen ^a   Andreou, Christina ^a   Schneider, Brooke C ^a   Wittekind, Charlotte E ^a   Menon, Mahesh ^b,c   Balzan, Ryan P ^d   Woodward, Todd S ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c BC Mental Health and Addictions Research Institute   (Canada)

^d FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cognitive biases; Delusions; Metacognitive training; Paranoia; Psychosis; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COGNITIVE BIAS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DELUSION; HUMAN; METACOGNITIVE TRAINING; PATIENT SAFETY; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SYNDROME SCALE; POSITIVE SYNDROME; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; EMOTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT;

COGNITIVE THERAPY; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 84901353840     PISSN: 02727358     EISSN: 18737811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpr.2014.04.004     Document Type: Review

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