Frequency and correlates of maladaptive responses to paranoid thoughts in patients with psychosis compared to a population sample

Cognitive Neuropsychiatry

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 509-526

  Lincoln, Tania M ^a   Möbius, Carolin ^a   Huber, Martin T ^b,c   Nagel, Matthias ^d,e   Moritz, Steffen ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b Elbe Klinikum Stade   (Germany)

^c PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^e Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

coping; depression; maintenance; paranoid delusions; psychosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELUSION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTEGRATION; INTROSPECTION; MALADJUSTMENT; MALE; PARANOIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

COPING; DEPRESSION; MAINTENANCE; PARANOID DELUSIONS; PSYCHOSIS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PARANOID DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SELF EFFICACY; SELF REPORT; THINKING;

EID: 84906313294     PISSN: 13546805     EISSN: 14640619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13546805.2014.931220     Document Type: Article

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