Medical Hypotheses
Volume 58, Issue 1 , Pages 24-27 , January 2002

Delirium and psychotic symptoms – an integrative model

  • B.G Charlton

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK
    • ,
  • J.L Kavanau

      Affiliations

    • Department of Organismic Biology, Ecology and Evolution, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA

Received 27 April 2001 ,Accepted 1 May 2001.

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doi: 10.1054/mehy.2001.1436

Medical Hypotheses
Volume 58, Issue 1 , Pages 24-27 , January 2002

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