Ian Hamilton summarises a recent study exploring whether psychotic-like experiences are related to the discontinuation of cannabis consumption in young adults.
[read the full story...]Can we treat cognitive deficits in schizophrenia through electrical brain stimulation?
Stefanie Sturm summarises a recent systematic review on improving cognitive deficits in schizophrenia using Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS), a form of electrical brain stimulation.
[read the full story...]Towards a symptom-based diagnosis of psychotic spectrum disorders?
Stefanie Sturm critically analyses a recent paper that suggests a symptom-based continuum of psychosis explains cognitive and real-world functional deficits better than traditional diagnoses.
[read the full story...]The trauma of psychosis: high rates of PTSD in first episode psychosis
Jazz Croft considers a recent systematic review about traumatic experiences in first-episode psychosis, which finds that nearly 1 in 3 people with first episode psychosis met diagnostic criteria for PTSD.
[read the full story...]Tobacco smoking, cognition and first episode psychosis: time for a rethink?
Marcus Munafo appraises a recent cross sectional study of tobacco smoking and its association with cognition in first episode psychosis patients.
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