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Showing 1 to 20 of 50 for “"psychotic symptoms"”.
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Sleep, Digital Health Technologies and Psychotic Symptoms
… of digital health technologies effects on psychotic symptoms in adults with psychosis<br/>Abstract:<br/>Objective: To conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis of controlled studies to determine the effect of digital health technologies on psychotic symptoms.<br/>Method: Electronic …
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Detecting Malingered Psychotic Symptoms With the Rorschach Projective Technique
… appearing mentally ill, and the malingering of psychotic symptoms is of special concern in legal proceedings. Much research has been conducted to determine accurate methods to detect malingering. These include clinical interviews, structured personality tests, intelligence tests, and projective …
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Can people with learning disabilities report their own psychotic symptoms?
… implement and evaluate an Easy Read set of psychotic statement sort-cards to assist PWLD, who have suffered from psychosis, in the identification of their individual psychotic symptoms. This research was undertaken in two parts. Study 1 comprised of a series of focus groups with people with …
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Sex Differences in Psychotic Symptoms: Understanding the Role of Psychosocial Influences
… hospitalisation, number of hospitalisations, symptoms, and time taken until symptom disclosure), psychosocial variables (childhood trauma, coping responses with past adverse events, dissociative responses to past adverse events, abuse-related variables, relationship history, substance use, …
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Insights into integrated treatment for dual diagnosis : a case study
… co-occurring substance use disorders (SUD) and psychotic disorders are highly prevalent, and associated with more severe psychotic symptoms, worse treatment outcome, and worse treatment compliance. Studies have shown that an integrated treatment approach using Motivational Interviewing (MI) and …
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The relationship between family burden ratings and follow-up psychotic symptom levels in schizophrenia
… Burden is a measure of patient behaviours, not symptoms, and the degree to which they bother the relative. In that study, Family Burden is measured by the Perceived Family Burden Scale, (PFBS). In the same study, using a sample of 38 male patients with schizophrenia, two variables were found to …
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Prevalence of pyschiatric disorders in HIV positive patients at Chilenje Clinic in Lusaka Zambia
… (n=13), 6.5% (n=12) and 2.7% (n=5) respectively. Psychotic symptoms were present in 9.2% (n=17) of which 3.8% (n=7) were psychotic symptoms likely to be attributed to ARVS, 2.7% (n=5) was mood disorder with psychotic symptoms, and 2.7% (n=5) were primary psychotic symptoms. Co-morbidity was …
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Prevalence of pyschiatric disorders in HIV positive patients at Chilenje Clinic in Lusaka Zambia
… (n=13), 6.5% (n=12) and 2.7% (n=5) respectively. Psychotic symptoms were present in 9.2% (n=17) of which 3.8% (n=7) were psychotic symptoms likely to be attributed to ARVS, 2.7% (n=5) was mood disorder with psychotic symptoms, and 2.7% (n=5) were primary psychotic symptoms. Co-morbidity was …
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Traumatic life event exposure and attenuated psychosis: Symptom specificity and explanatory mechanisms
… to contribute substantially to the onset of psychotic disorders, environmental factors also influence the development and course of psychosis. One environmental risk factor that has been robustly associated with multiple psychosis outcomes is exposure to traumatic life events (TLEs). …
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Cannabinoids and Psychosis – Cause and Treatment
… suggest that cannabis is a risk factor for psychotic illness. The main active ingredient is Δ-9-Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). In healthy humans, the acute administration of THC can elicit transient psychotic symptoms and cognitive impairment. THC stimulates the endocanabinoid CB1 receptor …
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The Mental Health of Peruvian Immigrants in Santiago, Chile
… prevalence of Common Mental Disorders (CMDs), psychotic symptoms and Hazardous Drinking (HD) and factors associated with each outcome in a large group of first generation economic ‘immigrants’ in Santiago, Chile (i.e. born in Peru) compared with a geographically matched sample of …
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The structure of insight in patients with psychosis.
… illness occurs in approximately half of all psychotic patients. Interest has been recently been refocused on insight (i.e., awareness of mental illness), and its associations with treatment compliance and better prognosis. Researchers have called into question the traditional factor structure …
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An investigation into imagery rescripting for social anxiety in people with psychosis: A case series design
… to social anxiety, beliefs, memory and imagery, psychotic symptoms, depression, social functioning and quality of life. Each participant attended seven sessions including a one month follow-up assessment. Data were analysed using visual inspection and the calculation of reliable and clinical …
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Investigating the psychological typology of social recovery in individuals with first episode psychosis
… chronic schizophrenia and are confounded with psychotic symptoms. Aims This study explored the prevalence and typology of social disability in FEP. Different trajectories of social recovery were examined as well as predictors of outcome. Method A sample of 878 individuals with FEP were assessed …
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Gestalt Group Psychotherapy With Incarcerated Schizophrenia: A Qualitative Study
… skills, information seeking and a reduction in psychotic symptoms. This study also provided novel insight regarding treatment methods, phases of treatment, and therapist characteristics as the humanity of the schizophrenic experience emerged.
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Creativity and psychosis vulnerability: An examination of similarities and differences in factors associated with early psychosis, professional creative and non-creative populations
… (EP), creative professionals with subclinical psychotic symptoms (at-risk creative control ARCC), creative professionals with no psychotic symptoms (creative controls CC) and a non-creative control (NCC) population were examined. In three studies, measures of creativity, personality, …
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The Nature and Mechanisms of Psychotic Experiences in Borderline Personality Disorder
… heterogenous psychiatric phenotype, with symptoms ranging from intense emotions to disturbed relatedness, from impulsivity and self-harm to chronic feelings of guilt, shame, and emptiness. While often regarded as an affective disorder, psychotic symptoms such as hallucinations and …
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Neural correlates of deficits in affect regulation in methamphetamine abusers with and without a history of psychosis
… in neurocircuitries, affect dysregulation, and psychotic symptoms in methamphetamine dependence are yet to be fully elucidated. This project aimed to delineate emotion regulation capabilities as well as brain structure and function in methamphetamine-dependent individuals, patients with a …
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Psychiatric symptoms and disorders in old age: prevalence, course and diagnostic thresholds
… as well as their corresponding subthreshold symptoms, in order to explore the border between psychopathology and normality in the general population of older people. Data came from population studies of older people in Gothenburg. Participants completed a semi-structured psychiatric interview …
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Competency to Stand Trial: A Systematic Evaluation and Validation of the GCCT, MacCAT-CA, and ECST as Competency Measures
… from clinical variables was also investigated. Psychotic symptoms and overall impairment were the strongest predictors of incompetency.
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