Worry, worry processes and dimensions of delusions: An exploratory investigation of a role for anxiety processes in the maintenance of delusional distress

Freeman, D; Garety, PA

Abstract:

The efficacy of CBT for psychosis will be enhanced by a greater understanding of the mechanisms underlying symptoms. Therefore, an investigation is reported that examined a role for a neglected factor, anxiety, in the maintenance of delusional beliefs. It was hypothesized that processes responsible for chronic worry, as detailed by Wells' (1994a) meta-cognitive model, contribute to delusional distress. Questionnaire measures of anxiety, chronic worry and of meta-worry and related processes we...

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Freeman, D., & Garety, P. A. (1999). Worry, worry processes and dimensions of delusions: An exploratory investigation of a role for anxiety processes in the maintenance of delusional distress. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 27(1), 47–62.

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Freeman, D., and P. A. Garety. “Worry, Worry Processes and Dimensions of Delusions: An Exploratory Investigation of a Role for Anxiety Processes in the Maintenance of Delusional Distress.” Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, vol. 27, no. 1, 1999, pp. 47–62.

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Freeman, D, and PA Garety. 1999. “Worry, Worry Processes and Dimensions of Delusions: An Exploratory Investigation of a Role for Anxiety Processes in the Maintenance of Delusional Distress.” Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy 27 (1): 47–62.
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