Ian Hamilton and Suzi Gage explain why we know so little about the relationship between cannabis and severe mental illness in women.
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Understanding the genetics of antipsychotic treatment response
Marcus Munafo looks at a Chinese genome-wide association study that claims to have identified some of the genes associated with response to antipsychotic treatment.
[read the full story...]Improving outcomes for people with first episode psychosis
Elwira Lubos summarises a recent review of reviews looking at the evidence for improving outcomes in first-episode psychosis.
[read the full story...]Community treatment orders and social outcomes in psychosis
Ian Cummins considers the findings of a recent 48-month follow-up study of social outcomes for patients with psychosis, which concludes that community treatment orders did not offer any long term benefits.
[read the full story...]Can virtual reality CBT help people with psychosis be more sociable?
André Tomlin appraises a new RCT published today of virtual reality CBT versus waiting list control for paranoid ideation and social avoidance in people with psychosis.
[read the full story...]Facing our inner voices: AVATAR therapy for auditory hallucinations in people with psychosis
Joe Barnby summarises a recent RCT in The Lancet Psychiatry of AVATAR therapy for auditory verbal hallucinations in people with psychosis.
[read the full story...]Risk factors and peripheral biomarkers for schizophrenia spectrum disorders
Marcus Munafo considers the findings of a systematic review of meta-analyses of observational studies, which looks at risk factors and peripheral biomarkers for psychotic disorders on the schizophrenia spectrum.
[read the full story...]Can social recovery therapy improve social functioning in psychosis?
Lisa Wood publishes her debut blog about a recent RCT of social recovery therapy in combination with early intervention services for enhancement of social recovery in patients with first-episode psychosis: the SUPEREDEN3 trial.
[read the full story...]Bullying in childhood and adolescence: we need to do better
Tamsin Ford publishes her debut elf blog on an annual research review by Louise Arseneault in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, which looks at the persistent and pervasive impact of being bullied in childhood and adolescence, and considers important implications for policy and practice.
[read the full story...]Trauma and psychotic experiences: results from a transnational survey
Today Marcus Tan and William Lee publish their debut elf blog on a new paper in the British Journal of Psychiatry, which investigates the association between traumatic events and subsequent psychotic experiences.
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