In recent years, there has been much focus on the apparent heterogeneity of schizophrenic
symptoms. By contrast, this article proposes a unifying account emphasizing basic …

OBJECTIVE: To systematically review and perform a meta-analysis of the research literature
on the prevalence of mental disorders in adolescents in juvenile detention and correctional …

Schizophrenia is a severe mental disorder characterised by fundamental disturbances in
thinking, perception and emotions. More than 100 years of research have not been able to …

Voice hearing (VH) is often regarded as pathognomic for schizophrenia. The purpose of this
article is to review and integrate historical, clinical, epidemiological, and phenomenological …

Disorders of self-experience were emphasized in classic literature and in phenomenological
psychiatry as essential clinical features of the schizophrenia spectrum disorders, but are …

BackgroundThere is controversy about whether mental health services should be provided
in community or hospital settings. There is no worldwide consensus on which mental health …

Decades of research on schizophrenia have not produced major breakthroughs, but gradual
progress has been made in identifying risk factors and clarifying the nature of the etiologic …

Context Most studies on first-episode psychosis show an association between a long
duration of untreated psychosis (DUP) and poorer short-term outcome, but the mechanisms …

Most mental illnesses emerge during adolescence and early adulthood, with considerable
associated distress and functional decline appearing during this critical developmental …

Schizophrenia is a debilitating mental illness that affects 1 percent of the population in all
cultures. It affects equal numbers of men and women, but the onset is often later in women …