Negative voice-content is the best sole predictor of whether the hearer of an auditory-verbal
hallucination will experience distress/impairment necessitating contact with mental health …

Current diagnostic criteria delineate schizophrenia as a discrete entity essentially defined by
positive symptoms. However, the role of positive symptoms in psychiatry is being …

Psychotic symptoms (PS) are experienced by a substantial proportion of the general
population. When not reaching a threshold of clinical relevance, these symptoms are …

While previous research has demonstrated the negative impact of stigma in individuals with
mental health problems, little is known about cross-cultural differences in experiences and …

Aims. Self-reported psychotic experiences (SRPE) by individuals from the general
population are often unconfirmed by clinical interview and referred to as 'false-positive'(FP) …

BackgroundStudies investigating the underlying mechanisms of hallucinations in patients
with schizophrenia suggest that an imbalance in top-down expectations v. bottom-up …

Hallucinations are a characteristic symptom of psychotic mental health conditions that are
also experienced by many individuals without a clinical diagnosis. Hallucinations in …

Background Current research has shown that experiencing childhood trauma may
predispose individuals for psychosis and expression of Psychotic like experiences (PLEs) …

Virtual reality (VR) enables the real-time assessment of paranoid ideation and of associated
social performance. In this two-phase study, we aimed to recruit a general population …

Objective: Sauna bathing has been suggested to promote mental well-being and relaxation,
but the evidence is uncertain with respect to mental disorders. We aimed to assess the …