Aggression among 216 patients with a first-psychotic episode of bipolar I disorder
Background Aggression by patients with bipolar I disorder (BD-I) is not uncommon. Identifying potential risk factors early in the illness-course should inform clinical management and reduce risk.
Hari-Mandir K. Khalsa +3 more
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Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders in Caribbean-born migrants and their descendants in England: systematic review and meta-analysis of incidence rates, 1950–2013 [PDF]
Conclusions: Higher incidence rates of psychotic disorders have been present for more than 60 years amongst black Caribbean ethnic groups in England, despite improved study methodologies over time.
Murray, RM +24 more
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Are genetic risk factors for psychosis also associated with dimension-specific psychotic experiences in adolescence? [PDF]
Psychosis has been hypothesised to be a continuously distributed quantitative phenotype and disorders such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder represent its extreme manifestations.
Plomin, Robert +53 more
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White Matter Measures and Cognition in Schizophrenia
White matter (WM) abnormalities are commonly reported in schizophrenia but whether these arise from the axon or myelin compartments or both is not known.
Cemre Erkol +9 more
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Investigating whether adverse prenatal and perinatal events are associated with non-clinical psychotic symptoms at age 12 years in the ALSPAC birth cohort [PDF]
Background. Non-clinical psychosis-like symptoms (PLIKS) occur in about 15% of the population. It is not clear whether adverse events during early development alter the risk of developing PLIKS.
Lewis, G. +20 more
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Anxiety disorders are the most common psychiatric disorders, and the change in the activity of the prefrontal cortex (PFC) is considered as the underlying pathological mechanism. Parvalbumin-expressing (PV+) inhibition contributes to the overall activity
Ying Sun +8 more
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Psychotic symptoms in young adults exposed to childhood trauma - A 20 year follow-up study [PDF]
Childhood adversity has been shown to increase the risk of psychotic symptoms in adult life. However, there are no previous studies looking at the association between experiencing a natural disaster during childhood and the development of psychotic ...
McFarlane, A. +5 more
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Biological and psychosocial risk factors for psychotic major depression [PDF]
Aims: Few studies have investigated risk factors for psychotic major depression (PMD). We aimed to investigate the biological and psychosocial risk factors associated with PMD compared with other psychotic disorders.
Donoghue, K +61 more
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Background Although it has been suggested that loneliness is a risk factor for adverse health outcomes, living arrangement may confound the association.
Kai Wei +7 more
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Prevalence of Psychotic Symptoms and Their Risk Factors in Urban Tanzania. [PDF]
This study aimed to determine the prevalence of psychotic symptoms in urban Tanzania and their relationship with demographic, socio-economic and social factors. A random sample of 899 adults aged 15-59 was surveyed.
Rachel Jenkins +7 more
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