Are informants required to obtain valid ratings on the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS)?
Ratings on the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) are ideally based on both a patient interview and an informant questionnaire. In research and clinical settings, however, the informant questionnaire is often omitted.
Cecilie Marie Nielsen +5 more
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Social fragmentation, deprivation and urbanicity: relation to first-admission rates for psychoses [PDF]
<i>Declaration</i> <i>of</i> <i>interest</i>: None. <i>Background</i>: Social disorganisation, fragmentation and isolation have long been posited as influencing the rate of psychoses at area level ...
Carr-Hill +12 more
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A 22-year-old male was admitted to an in-patient psychiatric unit for treatment, after a period of 2 years of increasing psychotic symptoms corresponding to a very severe case of schizophrenia across the entire scale of symptom disorder domains along ...
Johan Sahlsten Schölin +2 more
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Psychotic Symptoms in Kenya - Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Relationship with Common Mental Disorders [PDF]
There have been few epidemiological surveys to establish prevalence and associated risk factors of psychosis in Sub-Saharan Africa. This paper reports a population- based epidemiological survey in rural Kenya of the prevalence of psychotic symptoms and ...
Bebbington +15 more
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Machine learning for brain age prediction: Introduction to methods and clinical applications
The rise of machine learning has unlocked new ways of analysing structural neuroimaging data, including brain age prediction. In this state-of-the-art review, we provide an introduction to the methods and potential clinical applications of brain age ...
Lea Baecker +4 more
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The bridge between classical and ‘synthetic’/chemical psychoses: towards a clinical, psychopathological and therapeutic perspective [PDF]
© 2019 Orsolini, Chiappini, Papanti, De Berardis, Corkery and Schifano. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY).
Chiappini, Stephania +5 more
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Cognitive alterations in patients with non-affective psychotic disorder and their unaffected siblings and parents [PDF]
Meijer J, Simons CJP, Quee PJ, Verweij K, GROUP Investigators. Cognitive alterations in patients with non-affective psychotic disorder and their unaffected siblings and ...
Addington +53 more
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Background Young people face high rates of mental health issues, yet many do not seek professional help. In 2017, CHAT launched webCHAT – a free, anonymous, one-on-one synchronous web-based text service managed by case managers (CMs) to support young ...
Yi Ping Lee +5 more
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Humanism, education and spirituality: Approaching psychosis with levinas [PDF]
The article investigates the recent turn towards Emmanuel Levinas’ writings in the philosophy of Education. Engaging this turn, the article sets out to develop an ethical, personal and contemplative approach towards understanding and responding to ...
Morrison, Glenn J
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Psychosis and Human Rights: Conflicts in Mental Health Policy and Practice [PDF]
This paper examines conflicts in polices in England and Wales pertaining to the demand for alternative, non-medical crisis support for those experiencing ‘psychosis’.
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