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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 ...
The comments of voices on the appearance of patients with psychosis: ‘the voices tell me that I am ugly’
(2019-09)
Background:There are high rates of obesity and low self-esteem in patients with psychosis. The occurrence of negative voice content directly about appearance is therefore plausible. Derogatory comments about appearance are ...
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, ...
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, ...
Dissociation in relation to other mental health conditions: An exploration using network analysis
(2020-08)
Dissociative experiences, traditionally studied in relation to trauma and PTSD, may be important phenomena across many different psychological conditions, including as a contributory causal factor for psychotic experiences. ...
Cognitive appraisals of dissociation in psychosis: a new brief measure
(2020-12)
Background:
Catastrophic cognitive appraisals, similar to those in anxiety disorders, are implicated in depersonalisation, a form of dissociation. No scales exist to measure appraisals of dissociative experiences. ...
The effects of improving sleep on mental health (OASIS): a randomised controlled trial with mediation analysis
(2017-09-06)
Summary: Background Sleep difficulties might be a contributory causal factor in the occurrence of mental health problems. If
this is true, improving sleep should benefit psychological health. We aimed to determine whether ...
Psychological processes mediating the association between developmental trauma and specific psychotic symptoms in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis
(2021-02)
Experiencing psychological trauma during childhood and/or adolescence is associated with an increased risk of psychosis in adulthood. However, we lack a clear knowledge of how developmental trauma induces vulnerability to ...
A Phenomenological Exploration of the Voices Reported by Borderline Personality and Schizophrenia Patients
(2021-06)
Introduction: Over time, there have been different views regarding the verbal auditory hallucinations (VAHs) reported by borderline personality disorder (BPD) and schizophrenia patients. More recently, their similarity has ...
Agoraphobic avoidance in patients with psychosis: Severity and response to automated VR therapy in a secondary analysis of a randomised controlled clinical trial
(2022-11)
Background: The social withdrawal of many patients with psychosis can be conceptualised as agoraphobic avoidance due to a range of long-standing fears. We hypothesised that greater severity of agoraphobic avoidance is ...