Browsing Schizophrenia and Psychotic Disorders by Title
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The tail wagging the dog: the diagnostic accuracy of first rank symptoms COMMENTARY ON… COCHRANE CORNER
(2019-10)Outcomes for people with schizophrenia are improved by expedient diagnosis and specific treatment. ICD-11 and DSM-5 have reduced the importance of Schneider's first rank symptoms (FRS) in the diagnosis of schizophrenia; ... -
Targeting synaptic plasticity in schizophrenia: insights from genomic studies
(2021-08)Recent genomic findings identify many hundreds of genomic loci that are associated with schizophrenia. Consistent with data from the pregenomic era, genomic findings implicate synaptic function and plasticity as a tractable ... -
The Temporal Dynamics of Sleep Disturbance and Psychopathology in Psychosis: A Digital Sampling Study
(2020-12)Background: Sleep disruption is a common precursor to deterioration and relapse in people living with psychotic disorders. Understanding the temporal relationship between sleep and psychopathology is important for identifying ... -
Third external replication of an individualised transdiagnostic prediction model for the automatic detection of individuals at risk of psychosis using electronic health records
(2021-02)Primary indicated prevention is a key target for reducing the incidence and burden of schizophrenia and related psychotic disorders. An individualised, clinically-based transdiagnostic model for the detection of individuals ... -
Understanding young peoples’ and family members’ views of treatment for first episode psychosis in a randomised controlled trial (MAPS)
(2020-07)Background;There is limited evidence to inform treatment decision-making in adolescents experiencing first episode psychosis (FEP). In the MAPS trial (Managing Adolescent first Episode Psychosis: a feasibility Study), ... -
Understanding, treating, and renaming grandiosedelusions: A qualitative study
(2019-11)Background.Grandiose delusions are arguably the most neglected psychotic experience in research. Objectives.We aimed to discover from patients: whether grandiose delusions have harmful consequences; the psychological ... -
Violent outcomes in first-episode psychosis: A clinical cohort study
(2019-11)Aim Violence risk is an important part of a comprehensive clinical assessment in first‐episode psychosis. This study addresses limitations of previous violent outcome research in first‐episode psychosis, which has typically ... -
Virtual reality clinical-experimental tests of compassion treatment techniques to reduce paranoia
(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
(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
(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 ... -
Why do patients with psychosis listen to and believe derogatory and threatening voices? 2 21 reasons given by patients
(2020-05)Background: Around two thirds of patients with auditory hallucinations experience derogatory 37 and threatening voices (DTVs). Understandably, when these voices are believed then common 38 consequences can be depression, ...
