@article{discovery1417778,
          volume = {49},
            note = {(C) Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013. This article is published under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY) license [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/]. The CC BY license permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.},
           pages = {1051 -- 1061},
           month = {July},
          number = {7},
           title = {Psychological characteristics of religious delusions},
            year = {2014},
         journal = {Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology},
        keywords = {Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Attitude, Cognitive Therapy, Delusions, Female, Humans, Logistic Models, Male, Middle Aged, Psychotic Disorders, Religion and Psychology, Self Concept, Young Adult},
            issn = {0933-7954},
          author = {Iyassu, R and Jolley, S and Bebbington, P and Dunn, G and Emsley, R and Freeman, D and Fowler, D and Hardy, A and Waller, H and Kuipers, E and Garety, P},
        abstract = {Religious delusions are common and are considered to be particularly difficult to treat. In this study we investigated what psychological processes may underlie the reported treatment resistance. In particular, we focused on the perceptual, cognitive, affective and behavioural mechanisms held to maintain delusions in cognitive models of psychosis, as these form the key treatment targets in cognitive behavioural therapy. We compared religious delusions to delusions with other content.},
             url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00127-013-0811-y}
}