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Pavan S Brar

3 papers in the library · 1 citation · publishing 2026

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The intersection between psychedelics and schizophrenia spectrum disorders: Reevaluating risk and therapeutic potential.

Journal of psychopharmacology (Oxford, England) June 25, 2026 Pavan S Brar, Rebecca B Price, Stephen Ross et al.

In the past decade, interest in studying psychedelic compounds as potential therapeutic agents has resurged. These studies carefully exclude individuals at risk for developing psychotic symptoms in response to psychedelic use. Given the potential for psychedelics to be established as treatments in psychiatry, it is important to more robustly understand their link with psychosis and...

Empirical Phenomenological Psychopathology: Aims, Methods, and Explanatory Relevance.

Psychopathology May 21, 2026 Pavan S Brar, Elizabeth Pienkos, Gil Grunfeld et al.

An important feature of contemporary phenomenological psychopathology is the development of explanatory accounts, constructed at the level of first-person experience, for why certain phenomena appear in a psychiatric condition. Termed phenomenological explanation, this approach to explanation is intended to uniquely contribute to diagnostic classification and etiology. Despite its promise for...

Integrating dynamical systems theory and phenomenology to enhance early identification and treatment of psychotic disorders.

The lancet. Psychiatry March 1, 2026 Jasper Feyaerts, Pavan S Brar, Louis Sass et al. 1 citation

In the past three decades, psychiatric research has increasingly focused on the early subthreshold stages of psychosis, with the aim of improving the early identification and treatment of individuals at increased risk of psychotic disorder. Yet, despite considerable research effort, current early psychosis research faces several limitations. In this Personal View, we consider how integrating...