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A Replication Study of Foulds' and Bedford's Hierarchical Model of Depression

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

V. E. Bagshaw
Affiliation:
Tayside Area Clinical Psychology Department, Royal Dundee Liff Hospital Dundee DD2 5NF
V. E. Bagshaw
Affiliation:
Tayside Area Clinical Psychology Department, Royal Dundee Liff Hospital Dundee DD2 5NF

Summary

Seventy-eight depressives were assessed on the Delusions-Symptoms-States Inventory. The results supported Foulds' and Bedford's hierarchy model, in that nearly all patients fitted this model, and the relationship between delusions of Contrition and state of Depression was found to be an inclusive, non-reflexive one. Suggestions are made for extensions to this study.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1977 

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