Schizophrenia and Psychosis: how research can make a difference
The Shocking Natural Remedy for Psychosis You Never Knew About
What is Psychosis? What Causes It, and How Do People Recover?
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What causes psychosis? An umbrella review of risk and protective factors
Psychotic disorders like schizophrenia are among the world's leading causes of disability 1. They have a mean incidence of 31.7 per 100,000 person‐years in England 2 and a 12‐month prevalence of 1.1% among the US population 3. Despite many decades of research, the etiology of these disorders remains undetermined 4.
Focus on psychosis
In a seminal paper, Robins and Guze 11 inspired the search for a psychiatric nosology based on etiology and pathophysiology. Psychosis is conceptualized as a composition of clinically observable features. It is a clinical syndrome composed of various symptoms. ... In the future, some major steps remain for the field of psychosis research. First ...
Modern understanding of psychosis: from brain disease to stress
In November 2019 (Volume 213), an epoch-making edition of the highly renowned journal Schizophrenia Research was published, in which all the articles discussed the relationship between stress and psychosis: "Stress and Schizophrenia" This is fairly new knowledge, and these articles describe a paradigm shift in our understanding of severe ...
Psychosis
Psychosis can result from a psychiatric disorder, such as schizophrenia, but it can also be caused by substance abuse, a brain tumour or neurodegenerative disease. Latest Research and Reviews
Progression from being at-risk to psychosis: next steps
The aim of this paper is to offer an update of the current status of research on risk for psychosis, and what the next steps might be in examining the progression from CHR to psychosis.
Psychosis
Psychosis as a primary mental health disorder is a diagnosis of exclusion, as psychosis can be a direct symptom of underlying medical or neurologic disease. Delirium and dementia are the two most important disorders to rule out. This article will help readers be more prepared to assess and treat the patient with psychosis.
Psychosis: Vol 16, No 2 (Current issue)
Psychosis risk and experience of the self. by Paul Møller, Abingdon, UK, Routledge - Taylor & Francis Group, 2023, £29.99 (paperback), ISBN 9780367651145. Clara Humpston.
Improving outcomes of first‐episode psychosis: an overview
There is thus an urgent clinical and societal need for improving outcomes of psychosis. Recent advances in research knowledge have opened new opportunities for ameliorating outcomes of psychosis during the critical periods surrounding the first episode of the illness (about 2 years before7 and 3 years after8 the onset). In this paper, we ...
Moving from risk to resilience in psychosis research
Psychosis research has traditionally focused on vulnerability and the detrimental outcomes of risk exposure. ... This paper reports rates of clinical and functional remission in over 10,000 ...
Psychosis
Psychosis invites research and commentary papers on: evidence-based treatments including individual, family and group therapies derived from a range of models and disciplines. descriptions of psychotherapy, first person accounts of psychosis and experiences using mental health services. the integration of psychological & social understandings ...
Prevalence of psychotic disorders and its association with ...
1.1 The burden of schizophrenia and related disorders. There is no doubt that schizophrenia is a chronic and severe mental illness that implies a high global disease burden and was ranked among the top 15 leading causes of disability worldwide in 2016 [].Although schizophrenia is classified as a low-prevalence disorder [], its economic burden was estimated to range from 0.02% to 1.65% of gross ...
Mindfulness for psychosis: Current evidence, unanswered questions and
Mindfulness for psychosis research has grown exponentially over the last 15 years. In this paper, a brief overview of mindfulness for psychosis is provided followed by a summary of the findings from a systematic search of meta-analyses dated up to February 2023. Current issues in the field are discussed and a future research agenda is presented.
Introduction: Psychotherapy for Psychosis
In the first paper, Social Adversity in the Etiology of Psychosis, Longden and Read review the evidence base linking psychosis to traumatic adverse life events.In addition to documenting the increased incidence of psychosis in psychologically traumatized individuals, the authors outline the traumagenic neurodevelopmental model of psychosis that attributes many of the brain changes observed in ...
Psychosis in Children and Adolescents
Psychosis is characterized by overt disruptions in thought, perceptions, and behavior. Complex syndromes presenting with psychosis, including schizophrenia spectrum disorders, mood disorders, and medical illnesses, are differentiated by characteristic patterns of symptom presentation and course of illness. Accurate diagnosis is important to ...
Two key brain systems are central to psychosis, Stanford Medicine-led
Comparing brain scans from 22q11.2 deletion syndrome patients who had and did not have psychosis, the researchers showed that the brain areas contributing most to psychosis are the anterior insula (a key part of the salience network or "filter") and the ventral striatum (the "reward predictor"); this was true for different cohorts of patients.
Long-term outcome of postpartum psychosis: a prospective clinical
Postpartum psychosis is an umbrella term for postpartum mania, psychosis, psychotic depression and a mixed affective state, occurring shortly after childbirth (Bergink et al. 2011; Kapfhammer et al. 2014; Osborne 2018).Postpartum psychosis is the most severe form of childbirth-related psychiatric disorders and has an incidence of ~ 0.3 to 0.6 per 1000 births (Bergink et al. 2011,2015a ...
Learn about Psychosis
Psychosis invites research and commentary papers on: evidence-based treatments including individual, family and group therapies derived from a range of models and disciplines. descriptions of psychotherapy, first person accounts of psychosis and experiences using mental health services. the integration of psychological & social understandings ...
Topics in Review: Psychosis
When psychosis is suspected, the physician should explore possiblechanges in social functioning, family relationships, cognition, and thoughtcontent. Changes in the person's personal hygiene, speech pattern or content,and outbursts of anger may also be part of a developing psychosis. Informationfrom the family can be useful to gain a complete ...
Understanding Psychosis
Psychosis appears to result from a complex combination of genetic risk, differences in brain development, and exposure to stressors or trauma. Psychosis may be a symptom of a mental illness, such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or severe depression. However, a person can experience psychosis and never be diagnosed with schizophrenia or any ...
Acute Psychosis Research Papers
Isolated Left Insular Infarction and Acute Psychosis: A Misleading Clinical Presentation Case Report Archives in Neurology & Neuroscience. Introduction: The insular cortex is a hidden structure located in the Sylvian fissure surrounded by the temporal, frontal, and parietal lobes. It is a complex structure interconnecting various brain regions.
Recognizing and Managing Postpartum Psychosis: A Clinical Guide for
Postpartum psychosis is one of three affective (mood) syndromes that can affect women in the postpartum. The baby blues affect 85-90% of women. [ 50, 51] [ 52] This is a self-limited syndrome of mood lability (up or down), tearfulness, and feeling overwhelmed, but without serious effects on the woman's functioning.
Psychosis Research Papers
Based on this evidence, we hypothesised that among patients experiencing their first episode of psychosis, the presence of CD symptoms prior to age 15 would be associated with cannabis use.102 patients experiencing a first episode of psychosis were interviewed to assess CD symptoms prior to age 15 and use of cannabis and other substances.The ...
Cannabis and Psychosis: Are We any Closer to Understanding the
This paper provides an update from the literature on understanding of the relationship between cannabis and schizophrenia. In particular, the paper focuses on the latest findings and remaining areas that require investigation. ... Research into cannabis psychosis originates and continues to be dominated by participants drawn from western ...
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Psychotic disorders like schizophrenia are among the world's leading causes of disability 1. They have a mean incidence of 31.7 per 100,000 person‐years in England 2 and a 12‐month prevalence of 1.1% among the US population 3. Despite many decades of research, the etiology of these disorders remains undetermined 4.
In a seminal paper, Robins and Guze 11 inspired the search for a psychiatric nosology based on etiology and pathophysiology. Psychosis is conceptualized as a composition of clinically observable features. It is a clinical syndrome composed of various symptoms. ... In the future, some major steps remain for the field of psychosis research. First ...
In November 2019 (Volume 213), an epoch-making edition of the highly renowned journal Schizophrenia Research was published, in which all the articles discussed the relationship between stress and psychosis: "Stress and Schizophrenia" This is fairly new knowledge, and these articles describe a paradigm shift in our understanding of severe ...
Psychosis can result from a psychiatric disorder, such as schizophrenia, but it can also be caused by substance abuse, a brain tumour or neurodegenerative disease. Latest Research and Reviews
The aim of this paper is to offer an update of the current status of research on risk for psychosis, and what the next steps might be in examining the progression from CHR to psychosis.
Psychosis as a primary mental health disorder is a diagnosis of exclusion, as psychosis can be a direct symptom of underlying medical or neurologic disease. Delirium and dementia are the two most important disorders to rule out. This article will help readers be more prepared to assess and treat the patient with psychosis.
Psychosis risk and experience of the self. by Paul Møller, Abingdon, UK, Routledge - Taylor & Francis Group, 2023, £29.99 (paperback), ISBN 9780367651145. Clara Humpston.
There is thus an urgent clinical and societal need for improving outcomes of psychosis. Recent advances in research knowledge have opened new opportunities for ameliorating outcomes of psychosis during the critical periods surrounding the first episode of the illness (about 2 years before7 and 3 years after8 the onset). In this paper, we ...
Psychosis research has traditionally focused on vulnerability and the detrimental outcomes of risk exposure. ... This paper reports rates of clinical and functional remission in over 10,000 ...
Psychosis invites research and commentary papers on: evidence-based treatments including individual, family and group therapies derived from a range of models and disciplines. descriptions of psychotherapy, first person accounts of psychosis and experiences using mental health services. the integration of psychological & social understandings ...
1.1 The burden of schizophrenia and related disorders. There is no doubt that schizophrenia is a chronic and severe mental illness that implies a high global disease burden and was ranked among the top 15 leading causes of disability worldwide in 2016 [].Although schizophrenia is classified as a low-prevalence disorder [], its economic burden was estimated to range from 0.02% to 1.65% of gross ...
Mindfulness for psychosis research has grown exponentially over the last 15 years. In this paper, a brief overview of mindfulness for psychosis is provided followed by a summary of the findings from a systematic search of meta-analyses dated up to February 2023. Current issues in the field are discussed and a future research agenda is presented.
In the first paper, Social Adversity in the Etiology of Psychosis, Longden and Read review the evidence base linking psychosis to traumatic adverse life events.In addition to documenting the increased incidence of psychosis in psychologically traumatized individuals, the authors outline the traumagenic neurodevelopmental model of psychosis that attributes many of the brain changes observed in ...
Psychosis is characterized by overt disruptions in thought, perceptions, and behavior. Complex syndromes presenting with psychosis, including schizophrenia spectrum disorders, mood disorders, and medical illnesses, are differentiated by characteristic patterns of symptom presentation and course of illness. Accurate diagnosis is important to ...
Comparing brain scans from 22q11.2 deletion syndrome patients who had and did not have psychosis, the researchers showed that the brain areas contributing most to psychosis are the anterior insula (a key part of the salience network or "filter") and the ventral striatum (the "reward predictor"); this was true for different cohorts of patients.
Postpartum psychosis is an umbrella term for postpartum mania, psychosis, psychotic depression and a mixed affective state, occurring shortly after childbirth (Bergink et al. 2011; Kapfhammer et al. 2014; Osborne 2018).Postpartum psychosis is the most severe form of childbirth-related psychiatric disorders and has an incidence of ~ 0.3 to 0.6 per 1000 births (Bergink et al. 2011,2015a ...
Psychosis invites research and commentary papers on: evidence-based treatments including individual, family and group therapies derived from a range of models and disciplines. descriptions of psychotherapy, first person accounts of psychosis and experiences using mental health services. the integration of psychological & social understandings ...
When psychosis is suspected, the physician should explore possiblechanges in social functioning, family relationships, cognition, and thoughtcontent. Changes in the person's personal hygiene, speech pattern or content,and outbursts of anger may also be part of a developing psychosis. Informationfrom the family can be useful to gain a complete ...
Psychosis appears to result from a complex combination of genetic risk, differences in brain development, and exposure to stressors or trauma. Psychosis may be a symptom of a mental illness, such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or severe depression. However, a person can experience psychosis and never be diagnosed with schizophrenia or any ...
Isolated Left Insular Infarction and Acute Psychosis: A Misleading Clinical Presentation Case Report Archives in Neurology & Neuroscience. Introduction: The insular cortex is a hidden structure located in the Sylvian fissure surrounded by the temporal, frontal, and parietal lobes. It is a complex structure interconnecting various brain regions.
Postpartum psychosis is one of three affective (mood) syndromes that can affect women in the postpartum. The baby blues affect 85-90% of women. [ 50, 51] [ 52] This is a self-limited syndrome of mood lability (up or down), tearfulness, and feeling overwhelmed, but without serious effects on the woman's functioning.
Based on this evidence, we hypothesised that among patients experiencing their first episode of psychosis, the presence of CD symptoms prior to age 15 would be associated with cannabis use.102 patients experiencing a first episode of psychosis were interviewed to assess CD symptoms prior to age 15 and use of cannabis and other substances.The ...
This paper provides an update from the literature on understanding of the relationship between cannabis and schizophrenia. In particular, the paper focuses on the latest findings and remaining areas that require investigation. ... Research into cannabis psychosis originates and continues to be dominated by participants drawn from western ...