The concept of schizophrenia only covers the 30% poor outcome fraction of a much broader
multidimensional psychotic syndrome, yet paradoxically has become the dominant prism …

Schizophrenia remains a major burden on patients and society. The dopamine hypothesis
attempts to explain the pathogenic mechanisms of the disorder, and the …

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

BackgroundThis meta-analysis seeks to quantify the prospective association between
neuroticism and the common mental disorders (CMDs, including anxiety, depression, and …

Despite their enormous potential impact on population health and health inequities, police
violence and use of excessive force have only recently been addressed from a public health …

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 …

Auditory verbal hallucinations (AVH) are complex experiences that occur in the context of
various clinical disorders. AVH also occur in individuals from the general population who …

BackgroundThe base rate of transition from subthreshold psychotic experiences (the
exposure) to clinical psychotic disorder (the outcome) in unselected, representative and non …

In order to bring about implementation of routine screening for psychosis risk, a brief version
of the Prodromal Questionnaire (PQ; Loewy et al., 2005) was developed and tested in a …

Recent research shows that psychotic symptoms, or psychotic-like experiences (PLEs), are
reported not only by psychosis patients but also by healthy members of the general …