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Paranoid delusions in schizophrenia spectrum disorders and depression: the transdiagnostic role of expectations of negative events and negative self-esteemRichard P Bentall
School of Psychology, University of Bangor, Bangor, UK
J Nerv Ment Dis 196:375-83. 2008....- The cognitive and affective structure of paranoid delusions: a transdiagnostic investigation of patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders and depressionRichard P Bentall
School of Psychology, Adeilad Brigantia Bldg, Penrallt Road, Gwynedd, Wales
Arch Gen Psychiatry 66:236-47. 2009.... 
Social predictors of psychotic experiences: specificity and psychological mechanismsRichard P Bentall
School of Psychology, University of Bangor, Brigantia Building, Penrallt Road, Bangor, Gwynedd LL57 2AS, UK
Schizophr Bull 34:1012-20. 2008..We discuss the implications of this approach for neurobiological and genetic research into psychosis, as well as clinical practice...- Understanding the relationships between self-esteem, experiential avoidance, and paranoia: structural equation modelling and experience sampling studiesAlisa Udachina
School of Psychology, Bangor University, Gwynedd, United Kingdom
J Nerv Ment Dis 197:661-8. 2009..Although people may employ EA to regulate self-esteem, this strategy is maladaptive as it damages self-esteem, incurs cognitive costs, and fosters paranoid thinking... - The metacognitive beliefs account of hallucinatory experiences: a literature review and meta-analysisFilippo Varese
School of Psychology, Bangor University, Brigantia Building, Gwynedd, United Kingdom
Clin Psychol Rev 31:850-64. 2011.... - Dissociative and metacognitive factors in hallucination-proneness when controlling for comorbid symptomsFilippo Varese
School of Psychology, Bangor University, Bangor, UK
Cogn Neuropsychiatry 16:193-217. 2011..This study addressed a number of methodological limitations of previous research by investigating the relationship between hallucination-proneness and the aforementioned variables while controlling for comorbid symptoms... - fMRI evidence of a relationship between hypomania and both increased goal-sensitivity and positive outcome-expectancy biasNoreen O'Sullivan
School of Psychology, Bangor University, Adeilad Brigantia, Gwynedd, UK
Neuropsychologia 49:2825-35. 2011..Mania is argued to stem from the dysfunctional processing of reward. Investigation of hypomania in healthy samples has the potential to offer refined insight into the particular aspects of reward processing in mania that are dysfunctional... - Predictors and profiles of treatment non-adherence and engagement in services problems in early psychosisTania Lecomte
University of Montreal, Canada
Schizophr Res 102:295-302. 2008..Results are presented in light of the existing literature and clinical implications are discussed... - Fluctuations in self-esteem and paranoia in the context of daily lifeViviane Thewissen
Faculty of Psychology, Open University of the Netherlands, Heerlen, The Netherlands
J Abnorm Psychol 117:143-53. 2008..These results are consistent with the hypothesis that paranoia is associated with dysfunctional strategies of self-esteem regulation... 
Deception and false belief in paranoia: modelling theory of mind storiesNick M Shryane
Institute for Social Change, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
Cogn Neuropsychiatry 13:8-32. 2008....- Persecutory delusions and the conditioned avoidance paradigm: towards an integration of the psychology and biology of paranoiaMichael Moutoussis
Tolworth Hospital, Red Lion Road, Surbiton, UK
Cogn Neuropsychiatry 12:495-510. 2007..In this study, we reappraise the psychological significance of the CAR model of antipsychotic drug action; and we relate this to contemporary psychological theories of paranoia... - Insight as a predictor of the outcome of first-episode nonaffective psychosis in a prospective cohort study in EnglandRichard J Drake
Division of Psychiatry, University of Manchester, Education and Research Centre, Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester, United Kingdom
J Clin Psychiatry 68:81-6. 2007..To estimate the effect of insight on time to relapse and readmission and on social function and symptoms after following up a cohort of first-episodes of nonaffective psychosis for 18 months... - Three-year follow-up of a randomized controlled trial of cognitive therapy for the prevention of psychosis in people at ultrahigh riskAnthony P Morrison
Department of Psychology, University of Manchester, Coupland Street, Manchester M13 9PL, UK
Schizophr Bull 33:682-7. 2007..Follow-up rate at 3 years was 47%. There appear to be enduring benefits of CT over the long term, suggesting that it is an efficacious intervention for people at high risk of developing psychosis... - Attitudes toward antipsychotic medication: the impact of clinical variables and relationships with health professionalsJennifer C Day
Pharmacy Department, Mersey Care NHS Trust, Merseyside, England
Arch Gen Psychiatry 62:717-24. 2005..Although patient variables such as insight and symptoms that contribute toward attitudes have been identified, the contributions of relationship and service factors have not been adequately studied... - Self-discrepancies in bipolar disorder: comparison of manic, depressed, remitted and normal participantsRichard P Bentall
University of Manchester, UK
Br J Clin Psychol 44:457-73. 2005..To study the role of self-discrepancies in different phases of bipolar disorder (manic-depression)... - Reasoning under uncertainty: heuristic judgments in patients with persecutory delusions or depressionRhiannon Corcoran
Division of Psychology, School of Psychological Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
Psychol Med 36:1109-18. 2006..We address this imbalance by reporting here the findings of the first study to explore heuristic reasoning in people with persecutory delusions... - Delusional discourse: an investigation comparing the spontaneous causal attributions of paranoid and non-paranoid individualsDavid A Lee
Department of Psychology, University of Manchester, UK
Psychol Psychother 77:525-40. 2004..This paper highlights important issues underlying the extraction of attributions from paranoid talk, and discusses the implications for attributional models of paranoia and future discourse-based research in this area... - 'Poor me' versus 'bad me' paranoia and the instability of persecutory ideationSara Sigmaringa Melo
School of Psychological Sciences, University of Manchester, UK
Psychol Psychother 79:271-87. 2006..CONCLUSIONS: PM and BM paranoia may represent separate phases of an unstable phenomenon. The findings are consistent with an attributional account of paranoid thinking... - Patients' understanding and participation in a trial designed to improve the management of anti-psychotic medication: a qualitative studyAnne Rogers
School of Primary Care, University of Manchester, Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PL, UK
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 38:720-7. 2003..The aim of this study was to illuminate patients' understanding of the nature and purpose and outcomes of a trial designed to improve the management of neuroleptic medication... - The best laid schemas of paranoid patients: autonomy, sociotropy and need for closureRichard P Bentall
Department of Psychology, University of Manchester, UK
Psychol Psychother 76:163-71. 2003..It is possible that this contributes to their performance on reasoning measures. The role of self-schemas in paranoid thinking needs to be studied further... - Theory of mind deficits in bipolar affective disorderNatalie Kerr
School of Biological Sciences, The University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
J Affect Disord 73:253-9. 2003..CONCLUSIONS: Theory of mind deficits are found in currently symptomatic bipolar patients. These findings add to growing evidence that common mechanisms may contribute to bipolar affective disorder and schizophrenia... - Cognitive therapy for the prevention of psychosis in people at ultra-high risk: randomised controlled trialAnthony P Morrison
Department of Psychology, University of Manchester, Coupland Street, Manchester M13 9PL, UK
Br J Psychiatry 185:291-7. 2004..Advances in the ability to identify people at high risk of developing psychosis have generated interest in the possibility of preventing psychosis... - Theory of mind, schizotypy, and persecutory ideation in young adultsCharles Fernyhough
Durham University, Durham, UK
Cogn Neuropsychiatry 13:233-49. 2008..This study set out to test this hypothesis and address limitations of previous research... - Persecutory beliefs, attributions and theory of mind: comparison of patients with paranoid delusions, Asperger's syndrome and healthy controlsJaime S Craig
Department of Clinical Psychology, Institute for Health Research, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK
Schizophr Res 69:29-33. 2004..The lack of attributional abnormalities in the Asperger's group suggests that their low-level paranoid symptoms arise as a consequence of different mechanisms than those involved in psychotic delusions... - Psychological factors in people at ultra-high risk of psychosis: comparisons with non-patients and associations with symptomsAnthony P Morrison
Psychology Services, Bolton Salford and Trafford Mental Health Trust, UK
Psychol Med 36:1395-404. 2006..CONCLUSIONS: Cognitive and personality factors appear to characterize people at high-risk of developing psychosis and are associated with their distressing experiences. The clinical implications of these findings are discussed... - Attributional lability in depression and paranoiaRichard P Bentall
Department of Psychology, University of Manchester, UK
Br J Clin Psychol 44:475-88. 2005..Attributions play an important role in depression and paranoia. However, contrary to most attributional models of psychopathology, there is evidence that attributional style is not a stable trait but is affected by recent experiences... - Stability of self-esteem in bipolar disorder: comparisons among remitted bipolar patients, remitted unipolar patients and healthy controlsRebecca Knowles
School of Psychological Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
Bipolar Disord 9:490-5. 2007..We investigated whether unstable self-esteem is a characteristic of bipolar disorder in remission... - Prospects for a cognitive-developmental account of psychotic experiencesRichard P Bentall
University of Manchester, UK
Br J Clin Psychol 46:155-73. 2007..The approach we advocate integrates findings from neurodevelopmental research with research on typical cognitive and sociocognitive development and the psychology of psychotic symptoms... - How healers manage the pluralistic healing context: the perspective of indigenous, religious and allopathic healers in relation to psychosis in UgandaJoanna Teuton
Glasgow, Scotland
Soc Sci Med 65:1260-73. 2007..There appear to be opportunities for greater dialogue between indigenous and religious healers and allopathic doctors and this could contribute to a more integrative model of care for individuals with psychotic experiences in Uganda... - Psychological processes and paranoia: implications for forensic behavioural scienceRichard P Bentall
School of Psychological Sciences, Univesity of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, UK
Behav Sci Law 24:277-94. 2006..Some of these processes have recently been implicated in violent behaviour, and they therefore have the potential to explain the apparent association between paranoid delusions and offending... - Hypomanic traits and response styles to depressionJustin Thomas
Department of Psychology, University of Manchester, UK
Br J Clin Psychol 41:309-13. 2002..CONCLUSIONS: Hypomania (and possibly mania) may be products of ineffective styles of coping with negative emotions...