Tyler Elliot summarises a recent literature review that summarises the philosophical, phenomenological, clinical, and non-clinical correlates of felt presence.
[read the full story...]Compassion-focused therapy for psychosis: study suggests it’s feasible and acceptable, so what next?
Ellen Iredale and Poppy Brown summarise a case-series study on compassion‐focused therapy for distressing hallucinations and delusions in psychosis, suggesting the potential to benefit people with psychosis.
[read the full story...]Uncertainties about stopping or reducing antipsychotics as shared by families
Amelia Talbot considers a qualitative study that explores family members’ perspectives on reducing or discontinuing antipsychotic medication.
[read the full story...]An INTREPID journey into the epidemiological landscape of psychosis in the Global South
Shuichi Suetani and Jon Paul Teo discuss the International Research Program on Psychotic Disorders in Diverse Settings (INTREPID II) study, which investigates the epidemiology of untreated psychoses in 3 diverse settings in the Global South.
[read the full story...]Do different groups of people with schizophrenia respond differently to different antipsychotics?
Murtada Alsaif considers a systematic review and meta-analysis published in the Lancet Psychiatry exploring the response of different subgroups of patients with schizophrenia to different antipsychotic drugs.
[read the full story...]Early intervention in psychosis: research priorities
In his debut blog, Kris Deering summarises a paper which looks at the evidence gaps and research priorities for early intervention in psychosis.
[read the full story...]To stay on antipsychotics or not to stay on antipsychotics? A longstanding question with an update
Joe Pierre considers a recent network meta-analysis on continuing, reducing, switching, or stopping antipsychotics in individuals with schizophrenia-spectrum disorders who are clinically stable.
[read the full story...]Prediction of psychosis and bipolar disorder in children and adolescents: the role of CAMHS
Matthew Broome considers a Finnish study on the potential of predicting psychosis and bipolar disorder in young people who have previously used child and adolescent mental health services.
[read the full story...]The potential of virtual reality to address social functioning impairments in people with psychosis
Andie Ashdown and Theophanis Kyriacou summarise a systematic review on virtual reality-based assessment and treatment of social functioning impairments in psychosis.
[read the full story...]How risky for developing psychosis are ‘At Risk Mental States’ in youths?
In their debut blog, Martin Rimvall and Pia Jeppesen summarise a recent systematic review and meta-analysis exploring psychosis risk in children and adolescents with an ‘At Risk Mental State’.
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