Otago University Research Archive

Browsing Psychological Medicine - Wellington by Date Published

Otago University Research Archive

Browsing Psychological Medicine - Wellington by Date Published

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  • Operationalising “Theory of Mind”: The Psychometrics of Mentalising in Schizophrenia 
    Bell, Elliot Matthew (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2012)
    Schizophrenia is a serious mental illness often accompanied by disabling impairments in neurocognition and social cognition, the latter including deficits in “theory of mind” (ToM). Since Frith (1992) first proposed the ...
  • Capacity to consent to treatment in forensic mental health care 
    Skipworth, Jeremy John (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2011)
    Mental health legislation is often criticised for being fundamentally inconsistent with a rights-based approach to healthcare. One problem is that it often permits the treatment choices of detained patients with capacity ...
  • Visual Conversion Disorder in a Harbor Pilot 
    Griffiths, Robin F.; Ellis, Pete M. (Journal Article, Aviation Space & Environmental Medicine, 2007)
    We describe an accident caused by the rapid onset of visual impairment in a ship’s pilot, who was subsequently diagnosed as having visual conversion disorder (hysterical blindness). This case is documented to draw attention ...