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16 - Basic self disturbance in the schizophrenia spectrum: a review and future directions

from Section 3 - The self in specific psychological disorders

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 February 2016

By
Barnaby Nelson ,
Louis A. Sass  and
Josef Parnas
Edited by
Michael Kyrios ,
Richard Moulding ,
Guy Doron ,
Sunil S. Bhar ,
Maja Nedeljkovic  and
Mario Mikulincer
Foreword by
Aaron T. Beck
Michael Kyrios
Affiliation:
Australian National University, Canberra
Richard Moulding
Affiliation:
Deakin University, Victoria
Guy Doron
Affiliation:
Baruch Ivcher School of Psychology, Interdisciplinary Center (IDC), Herzliya, Israel
Sunil S. Bhar
Affiliation:
Swinburne University of Technology, Victoria
Maja Nedeljkovic
Affiliation:
Swinburne University of Technology, Victoria
Mario Mikulincer
Affiliation:
Baruch Ivcher School of Psychology, Interdisciplinary Center (IDC), Herzliya, Israel
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The Self in Understanding and Treating Psychological Disorders , pp. 158 - 168
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