We investigated changes in the severity of obsessive-compulsive and related disorders
(OCRDs) symptoms as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. An Amazon Mechanical Turk …

Psychosocial stress is a well-established risk factor for psychosis, yet the neurobiological
mechanisms underlying this relationship have yet to be fully elucidated. Much of the …

Rationale Stress is a risk factor for psychosis and treatments which mitigate its harmful
effects are needed. Cannabidiol (CBD) has antipsychotic and anxiolytic effects. Objectives …

Background Individuals with established psychosis and those at high-risk for the disorder
have been found to show abnormalities within the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) …

Schizotypy is a personality-organisation related to schizophrenia-liability as well as the
emergence of psychotic symptoms and psychotic-like experiences (PLEs) in non …

Objective: Previously, we showed that neuromodulators are important factors involved in
depression, here we aim to further investigate the interactions between neuromodulators …

Whilst elevations in basal cortisol levels have been reported among individuals at-risk for
psychosis, the extent to which this represents hyperresponsivity of the hypothalamic-pituitary …

Background In individuals at clinical high-risk for psychosis, elevated cortisol levels predict
subsequent onset of psychotic disorder. However, it is unclear whether cortisol alterations …

Objective The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of group supportive counseling
(SC) on pregnancy-specific stress, general stress, and healthy behavior of pregnant women …

Background Theoretical models and empirical evidence suggest that alterations of the acute
stress reaction are a vulnerability indicator of psychosis. However, more studies are needed …