Fear of madness and persecutory delusions: Preliminary investigation of a new scale

Psychosis

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 39-50

  Bassett, Michael ^a   Sperlinger, David ^b   Freeman, Daniel ^c  

^a KENT AND MEDWAY NHS AND SOCIAL CARE PARTNERSHIP TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b CANTERBURY CHRIST CHURCH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Delusions; Paranoia

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015429043     PISSN: 17522439     EISSN: 17522447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17522430802535031     Document Type: Article

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