BACKGROUND: Cannabis use is common in people with psychosis and is associated with poor outcomes. AIMS: To assess insight into cannabis use disorder, perceptions about how cannabis use influences mental health and the desire to change cannabis use among people with psychotic disorders. METHOD: Adults with a psychotic disorder and comorbid cannabis use disorder were asked about the impact of...
Abstract Analytic formulation and contribution to treatment of psychotic disorders have little application in modern psychiatry. The medical model, largely based on psychopharmacology and biological conceptualisation of illness, particularly dominates the treatment of psychosis. While many analysts have worked with patients in psychotic states, it is rare to find analytic approaches to...
Background: The psychosis phenotype appears to exist in the population as a continuum, but it is not clear if subclinical psychotic symptoms and psychotic disorders share the same neurobiology. We investigated whether the dopaminergic dysfunction seen in psychotic disorders is also present in healthy, well-functioning people with hallucinations. Methods: We compared dopamine synthesis capacity...