Schizophrenia Research
Volume 86, Issue 1 , Pages 76-79 , September 2006

Diagnosing delusions: A review of inter-rater reliability

  • Vaughan Bell

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, Psychology Dept Box 78, De Crespigny Park, London, SE5 8AF, UK.
    • ,
  • Peter W. Halligan

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 29 208 76911; fax: +44 29 2087 4858.
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  • Hadyn D. Ellis

Received 3 May 2006 ,Revised 20 June 2006 ,Accepted 20 June 2006.

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Schizophrenia Research
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