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 …

Evidence suggests that adverse experiences in childhood are associated with psychosis. To
examine the association between childhood adversity and trauma (sexual abuse, physical …

A new developmental model of borderline personality disorder (BPD) and its treatment is
advanced based on evolutionary considerations concerning the role of attachment …

Background Two discourses exist in mental health research and practice. The first focuses
on the limitations associated with disability arising from mental disorder. The second focuses …

Abstract The international Hearing Voices Movement (HVM) is a prominent mental health
service-user/survivor movement that promotes the needs and perspectives of experts by …

Background Individuals' childhood experiences can strongly influence their future health
and well-being. Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) such as abuse and dysfunctional …

Evidence that childhood adversities are risk factors for psychosis has accumulated rapidly.
Research into the mechanisms underlying these relationships has focused, productively, on …

Is depression simply the result of chemical imbalances, or Schizophrenia a wholly biological
disorder? What role do the broader circumstances of an individual's social, cultural and …

The article gives an overview of psychological formulation, a rapidly expanding practice in
the United Kingdom that is supported by the British Psychological Society. It is argued that …

In developing contexts such as India, children in adversity form a high-risk group, one that
cannot be subsumed under the general category of children, who are generally considered …