Browsing by Author "Waite, Felicity"
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Understanding agoraphobic avoidance: the development of the Oxford Cognitions and Defences Questionnaire (O-CDQ)
Rosebrock, Laina; Lambe, Sinead; Mulhall, Sophie; Petit, Ariane; Saidel, Simone; Mitchell, Joanna; Clark, David M; Waite, Felicity; Freeman, Daniel (2022-02)Many patients with mental health disorders become increasingly isolated at home due to anxiety about going outside. A cognitive perspective on this difficulty is that threat cognitions lead to the safety-seeking behavioural ... -
Virtual reality clinical-experimental tests of compassion treatment techniques to reduce paranoia
Waite, Felicity; Rovira, Aitor; Freeman, Daniel (2020-05)Paranoia may build on negative beliefs held both about the self and others. Compassionate imagery may be one way of reducing such negative beliefs, and hence paranoia. Two studies tested this idea, one targeting compassion ... -
The weeks before 100 persecutory delusions: the presence of many potential contributory causal factors
Freeman, Daniel; Diamond, Rowan; Bird, Jessica C.; Cernis, Emma; Collett, Nicola; Isham, Louise; Lister, Rachel; Waite, Felicity (2019-09)Background:The period before the formation of a persecutory delusion may provide causal insights. Patient accounts are invaluable in informing this understanding. Aims:To inform the understanding of delusion formation, ... -
Weight change, cardio-metabolic risk factors and cardiovascular incidence in people with serious mental illness: protocol of a population-based cohort study in the UK from 1998 to 2020
Waite, Felicity (2021-11)Introduction: People with serious mental illness (SMI), which includes people with diagnoses of schizophrenia spectrum and bipolar disorders, face significant health inequality. This includes a life expectancy reduced by ...