Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 45, Issue 4 , Pages 281-288 , July 2004

Recall and recognition confabulation in psychotic and bipolar disorders: evidence for two different types without unitary mechanisms

  • J Salazar-Fraile

      Affiliations

    • Malvarrosa Mental Health Center, Valencia, Spain
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  • R Tabarés-Seisdedos

      Affiliations

    • Teaching Unit of Psychiatry and Medical Psychology, Department of Medicine, Valencia University Medical School, Valencia, Spain
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  • G Selva-Vera

      Affiliations

    • Service of Psychiatry, Valencia University Clinic Hospital, Valencia, Spain
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  • V Balanzá-Martinez

      Affiliations

    • Service of Psychiatry, Valencia University Clinic Hospital, Valencia, Spain
    • ,
  • A Martı́nez-Arń

      Affiliations

    • Bipolar Disorders Program. Clinical Institute of Psychiatry and Psychology, Hospital Clinic, IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Stanley Medical Research Institute, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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  • J Catalán

      Affiliations

    • Imperial College Psychological Medicine Unit, South Kensington and Chelsea Mental Health Center, London, UK
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  • T Baldeweg

      Affiliations

    • Bipolar Disorders Program. Clinical Institute of Psychiatry and Psychology, Hospital Clinic, IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Stanley Medical Research Institute, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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  • C Vilela-Soler

      Affiliations

    • Evoked Potentials Unit, Service of Neurophysiology, La Fe University Hospital, Valencia, Spain
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  • C Leal-Cercós

      Affiliations

    • Malvarrosa Mental Health Center, Valencia, Spain
    • Teaching Unit of Psychiatry and Medical Psychology, Department of Medicine, Valencia University Medical School, Valencia, Spain
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  • E Vieta

      Affiliations

    • Bipolar Disorders Program. Clinical Institute of Psychiatry and Psychology, Hospital Clinic, IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Stanley Medical Research Institute, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Eduard Vieta, M.D., Ph.D., Clinical Institute of Psychiatry and Psychology, Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Villarroel 170, 08036 Barcelona, Spain
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  • M Gomez-Beneyto

      Affiliations

    • Malvarrosa Mental Health Center, Valencia, Spain
    • Teaching Unit of Psychiatry and Medical Psychology, Department of Medicine, Valencia University Medical School, Valencia, Spain

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doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2004.03.007

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 45, Issue 4 , Pages 281-288 , July 2004

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