A systematic review and meta-analysis of the psychosis continuum: evidence for a psychosis proneness–persistence–impairment model of psychotic disorder

J Van Os, RJ Linscott, I Myin-Germeys… - Psychological …, 2009 - cambridge.org
A systematic review of all reported incidence and prevalence studies of population rates of
subclinical psychotic experiences reveals a median prevalence rate of around 5% and a …

The psychosis continuum and categorical versus dimensional diagnostic approaches

ML Esterberg, MT Compton - Current psychiatry reports, 2009 - Springer
This overview briefly presents recent thinking on the dimensional approach to
understanding psychotic experiences. First, evidence is provided for a continuum of …

Use of neuroanatomical pattern classification to identify subjects in at-risk mental states of psychosis and predict disease transition

N Koutsouleris, EM Meisenzahl… - Archives of general …, 2009 - jamanetwork.com
Context Identification of individuals at high risk of developing psychosis has relied on
prodromal symptomatology. Recently, machine learning algorithms have been successfully …

Prospective study of peer victimization in childhood and psychotic symptoms in a nonclinical population at age 12 years

A Schreier, D Wolke, K Thomas… - Archives of general …, 2009 - jamanetwork.com
Context Psychotic symptoms are commonly experienced in nonclinical populations of
adolescents and adults and have been shown to be predictive of later schizophreniform …

Psychotic-like experiences in a community sample of adolescents: implications for the continuum model of psychosis and prediction of schizophrenia

AR Yung, B Nelson, K Baker… - Australian & New …, 2009 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective: Studies conducted in community samples suggest that psychotic-like experiences
are common in the general population, leading to suggestions that they are either variations …

Gender differences in the association between childhood abuse and psychosis

H Fisher, C Morgan, P Dazzan, TK Craig… - The British Journal of …, 2009 - cambridge.org
BackgroundStudies demonstrating an association between childhood trauma and psychosis
in adulthood have not systematically explored gender differences. AimsTo investigate …

Prevalence of psychotic symptoms in substance users: a comparison across substances

MJ Smith, J Thirthalli, AB Abdallah, RM Murray… - Comprehensive …, 2009 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Psychotic symptoms (delusions and hallucinations) are reported to be
increased among persons using illicit substances, but little is known about the comparative …

Ethnicity, social disadvantage and psychotic‐like experiences in a healthy population based sample

C Morgan, H Fisher, G Hutchinson… - Acta Psychiatrica …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Objective: We sought to investigate the prevalence and social correlates of psychotic‐like
experiences in a general population sample of Black and White British subjects. Method …

Investigating whether adverse prenatal and perinatal events are associated with non-clinical psychotic symptoms at age 12 years in the ALSPAC birth cohort

S Zammit, D Odd, J Horwood, A Thompson… - Psychological …, 2009 - cambridge.org
BackgroundNon-clinical psychosis-like symptoms (PLIKS) occur in about 15% of the
population. It is not clear whether adverse events during early development alter the risk of …

Maternal tobacco, cannabis and alcohol use during pregnancy and risk of adolescent psychotic symptoms in offspring

S Zammit, K Thomas, A Thompson… - The British Journal of …, 2009 - cambridge.org
BackgroundAdverse effects of maternal substance use during pregnancy on fetal
development may increase risk of psychopathology. AimsTo examine whether maternal use …