BackgroundThe psychosis-proneness–persistence–impairment model of psychotic disorder
incorporates notions of both phenomenological and temporal continuity (persistence) of …

Introduction: Recent models of psychosis implicate stressful events in its etiology. However,
while evidence has accumulated for childhood trauma, the role of adult life events has …

Objective The authors examined the development of psychotic experiences and psychotic
disorders in a large population-based sample of young adults and explored their …

BackgroundPsychotic phenomena appear to form a continuum with normal experience and
beliefs, and may build on common emotional interpersonal concerns. AimsWe tested …

Over the years, the prevalence of auditory verbal hallucinations (AVHs) have been
documented across the lifespan in varied contexts, and with a range of potential long-term …

Objective This review explores the influence of anxiety and depression on the experience of
positive psychotic symptoms, and investigates the possibility of a causal role for anxiety and …

Background: There has been renewed interest in the influence of affect on psychosis.
Psychological research on persecutory delusions ascribes a prominent role to cognitive …

Objective This study determined the prevalence of psychotic symptoms among racial-ethnic
groups in a representative sample of American adults and explored the relationship of these …

Depression is common in people with schizophrenia, but how it might directly contribute to
the persistence of psychotic symptoms has rarely been tested. The key aim of the present …

Background Despite increasing evidence suggesting that childhood maltreatment is
significantly associated with psychosis, the specific role of bullying in the onset of psychotic …