Self-attacking and self-reassurance in persecutory delusions: A comparison of healthy, depressed and paranoid individuals
(2012)
Journal Article
Hutton, P., Kelly, J., Lowens, I., Taylor, P. J., & Tai, S. (2013). Self-attacking and self-reassurance in persecutory delusions: A comparison of healthy, depressed and paranoid individuals. Psychiatry Research, 205(1), 127-136. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2012.08.010
Previous research has found that reduced self-reassurance and heightened verbal 'self-attacking' of a sadistic and persecutory nature are both associated with greater subclinical paranoia. Whether these processes are also linked to clinical paranoia... Read More about Self-attacking and self-reassurance in persecutory delusions: A comparison of healthy, depressed and paranoid individuals.