The London-East Anglia randomized controlled trial of cognitive-behaviour therapy for psychosis. IV: Self-esteem and persecutory delusions.

OBJECTIVES: There has been a resurgence of interest in the view that persecutory delusions serve a function of defending self-esteem. An alternative account of levels of self-esteem in individuals with persecutory delusions is that they result from processes similar to those studied in people with d...

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Main Authors: Freeman, D, Garety, P, Fowler, D, Kuipers, E, Dunn, G, Bebbington, P, Hadley, C
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 1998