TY - JOUR
T1 - Delusional thinking in psychotics
T2 - Correlates of religious content
AU - Cothran, M. M.
AU - Harvey, P. D.
PY - 1986/1/1
Y1 - 1986/1/1
N2 - Manic (n = 18) and schizophrenic (n = 23) patients were subdivided on the basis of delusional status, with special reference to religious delusions, and compared to a control sample of normal subjects. Assessments of religious attitudes and beliefs, as well as demographic factors, were conducted. No differences existed in the characteristics of manic and schizophrenic patients with delusions, and it was difficult to differentiate delusional patients with and without religious content in their symptoms, although these patients differed in several ways from nondelusional patients and normals. These data are discussed in terms of their implications for theories about the development of delusions.
AB - Manic (n = 18) and schizophrenic (n = 23) patients were subdivided on the basis of delusional status, with special reference to religious delusions, and compared to a control sample of normal subjects. Assessments of religious attitudes and beliefs, as well as demographic factors, were conducted. No differences existed in the characteristics of manic and schizophrenic patients with delusions, and it was difficult to differentiate delusional patients with and without religious content in their symptoms, although these patients differed in several ways from nondelusional patients and normals. These data are discussed in terms of their implications for theories about the development of delusions.
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U2 - 10.2466/pr0.1986.58.1.191
DO - 10.2466/pr0.1986.58.1.191
M3 - Article
C2 - 3961063
AN - SCOPUS:0022625215
VL - 58
SP - 191
EP - 199
JO - Psychological Reports
JF - Psychological Reports
SN - 0033-2941
IS - 1
ER -