Objective There are many barriers to accessing mental health assessments including cost
and stigma. Even when individuals receive professional care, assessments are intermittent …

The emergence of artificial emotional intelligence technology is revolutionizing the fields of
computers and robotics, allowing for a new level of communication and understanding of …

Voice atypicalities have been a characteristic feature of schizophrenia since its first
definitions. They are often associated with core negative symptoms such as flat affect and …

There is now an extensive empirical literature on the nature and extent of pragmatic
disorders in a range of clinical populations. This chapter attempts to organize the findings of …

Introduction Alterations of verbalized thought occur frequently in psychotic disorders. We
characterize linguistic findings in individuals with schizophrenia based on the current …

Background Impairments in specific aspects of pragmatic competence, supporting the use of
language in context, are largely documented in schizophrenia and might represent an …

In the clinical linguistics of schizophrenia, syntactic complexity has received much attention.
In this study, we address whether syntactic complexity deteriorates within the six months …

Background: A longstanding notion in the concept of psychosis is the prominence of
loosened associative links in thought processes. Assessment of such subtle aspects of …

Arts therapies draw upon many theories and models of practice, but lack consensus in
shared factors of their provision. In preparation for a randomised controlled trial involving art …

Abstract Syntax, the grammatical structure of sentences, is a fundamental aspect of
language. It remains debated whether reduced syntactic complexity is unique to …