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Effects of cognitive behaviour therapy for worry on persecutory delusions in patients with psychosis (WIT): a parallel, single-blind, randomised controlled trial with a mediation analysis

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Background: Worry might be a contributory causal factor in the occurrence of persecutory delusions in patients with psychotic disorders. Therefore we postulated that reducing worry with cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) would reduce persecutory delusions.
Methods: For our two-arm, assessor-blinded, randomised controlled trial (Worry Intervention Trial [WIT]), we recruited patients aged 18–65 years with persistent persecutory delusions but no...

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Peer reviewed

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10.1016/s2215-0366(15)00039-5

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
Medical Sciences Division
Department:
Psychiatry
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ORCID:
0000-0003-3439-8304
Publisher:
Elsevier
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Lancet Psychiatry More from this journal
Volume:
2
Issue:
4
Pages:
305-313
Publication date:
2015-03-31
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EISSN:
2215-0374
ISSN:
2215-0366
Pmid:
26360083
Language:
English
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pubs:518762
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uuid:2b069bde-2e49-42dd-82f8-cf69a2599922
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pubs:518762
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518762
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2018-02-27

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