Metacognitive training for patients with schizophrenia: Preliminary evidence for a targeted, single-module programme

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1126-1136

  Balzan, Ryan P ^a,b,c   Delfabbro, Paul H ^b   Galletly, Cherrie A ^c   Woodward, Todd S ^d  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

cognitive bias; delusions; Metacognitive training; schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITION; COGNITIVE BIAS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELUSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METACOGNITIVE TRAINING; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SYNDROME SCALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DELUSIONS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DELUSIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84911999003     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0004867413508451     Document Type: Article

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