Schizophrenia and Metacognition: An Investigation of Course of Illness and Metacognitive Beliefs Within a First Episode Psychosis

Cognitive Therapy and Research

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 61-69

  Austin, Stephen F ^a,b   Mors, Ole ^a   Nordentoft, Merete ^b   Hjorthøj, Carsten R ^b   Secher, Rikke G ^b   Hesse, Morten ^a   Hagen, Roger ^c   Spada, Marcantonio ^d   Wells, Adrian ^e  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^d LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Course of illness; Metacognition; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939894586     PISSN: 01475916     EISSN: 15732819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10608-014-9633-9     Document Type: Article

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