Importance Schizophrenia is a common, severe mental illness that most clinicians will
encounter regularly during their practice. This report provides an overview of the clinical …

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

A large body of research indicates that weak expressions of positive psychotic symptoms
(“psychotic experiences”) can be measured in the general population, and likely represent …

Hallucinations constitute one of the 5 symptom domains of psychotic disorders in DSM-5,
suggesting diagnostic significance for that group of disorders. Although specific featural …

BACKGROUND: Preventing relapse is an essential element of early intervention in
psychosis, but relevant risk factors and precise relapse rates remain to be clarified. The aim …

While contemporary models of psychosis have proposed a number of putative psychological
mechanisms, how these impact on individuals to increase intensity of psychotic experiences …

Experiencing psychological trauma during childhood and/or adolescence is associated with
an increased risk of psychosis in adulthood. However, we lack a clear knowledge of how …

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 …

Objective Using longitudinal and prospective measures, the authors assessed the
relationship between childhood trauma and psychotic experiences, addressing the following …

There is a substantial body of research reporting evidence of associations between various
forms of childhood adversity and psychosis, across the spectrum from experiences to …