Psychiatry Research
Volume 169, Issue 2 , Pages 107-112 , 30 September 2009

Routes to psychotic symptoms: Trauma, anxiety and psychosis-like experiences

  • Daniel Freeman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, London, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Psychology, PO Box 77, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, Denmark Hill, London, SE5 8AF, UK. Tel.: +44 20 7848 5003; fax: +44 20 7848 5006.
    • ,
  • David Fowler

      Affiliations

    • School of Medicine, Health Policy and Practice, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK

Received 26 February 2008 ,Revised 13 June 2008 ,Accepted 22 July 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2008.07.009

Psychiatry Research
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