Background: Psychotic experiences are commonly reported in population-based surveys, yet brief self-report screening instruments often yield high false-positive rates by capturing normative, culturally sanctioned, or other non-psychotic phenomena. Large surveys and administrative datasets increasingly include free-text responses that could contextualize these endorsements; however, qualitative...
AddictionJune 29, 2017Hans Y. Oh, Jordan DeVylder4 citations
Hamilton 1 outlined the past three decades of research connecting cannabis use to schizophrenia. We add to this narrative by mentioning the value of examining the relation between cannabis use and subthreshold regions of the psychosis continuum. Psychotic experiences are manifestations of psychosis that resemble frank hallucinations and delusions found in psychotic disorders, but are generally...