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Thomas J Whitford

5 papers in the library · 147 citations · publishing 2019-2026

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Momentary dynamics of inner speech varieties, auditory verbal hallucinations, and affect in schizophrenia spectrum disorders: an experience sampling study.

Psychological Medicine January 12, 2026 Lawrence Kin-Hei Chung, Thomas J Whitford, Anson Kai Chun Chau et al.

Auditory verbal hallucinations (AVH) in schizophrenia spectrum disorders (SSDs) may arise from misattributed inner speech. However, it is unclear if inner speech frequency and phenomenology differ in schizophrenia-spectrum voice-hearers compared with healthy individuals, and how different inner speech varieties relate to AVH and affect. Using experience sampling methodology (ESM), this study...

The neurophenomenology of basic self-disturbance in early psychosis: Association with clinical outcome in an ultra-high risk sample.

Australasian psychiatry : bulletin of Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists August 1, 2025 Vera A Barata, Suzie Lavoie, Łukasz Gawęda et al. 3 citations

IntroductionWe previously proposed a neurophenomenological model of schizophrenia, linking basic self-disturbance with neural deficits of source monitoring and aberrant salience. Baseline comparisons in ultra-high risk (UHR) and first-episode psychosis (FEP) samples indicated a relationship between basic self-disturbance and source monitoring deficits, but not aberrant salience. The current...

The self, neuroscience and psychosis study: Testing a neurophenomenological model of the onset of psychosis

Early Intervention in Psychiatry July 2, 2023 Marija Krcmar, Cassandra Wannan, Suzie Lavoie et al. 6 citations

AIM: Basic self disturbance is a putative core vulnerability marker of schizophrenia spectrum disorders. The primary aims of the Self, Neuroscience and Psychosis (SNAP) study are to: (1) empirically test a previously described neurophenomenological self-disturbance model of psychosis by examining the relationship between specific clinical, neurocognitive, and neurophysiological variables in UHR...

The neurophenomenology of early psychosis: An integrative empirical study.

Conscious Cogn November 1, 2019 Barnaby Nelson, Suzie Lavoie, Łukasz Gawęda et al. 99 citations

BackgroundThe integration of various domains or levels of analysis (clinical, neurobiological, genetic, etc.) has been a challenge in schizophrenia research. A promising approach is to use the core phenomenological features of the disorder as an organising principle for other levels of analysis. Minimal self-disturbance (fragility in implicit first-person perspective, presence and agency) is...

The construct validity of the Inventory of Psychotic-Like Anomalous Self-Experiences (IPASE) as a measure of minimal self-disturbance: Preliminary data.

Early Intervention in Psychiatry June 1, 2019 Barnaby Nelson, Emily Li, David C Cicero et al. 39 citations

The Inventory of Psychotic-Like Anomalous Self-Experiences (IPASE) is a self-report measure of minimal self-disturbance. The aim of the current report was to assess the construct validity of the scale by examining its convergent validity with the gold-standard measure of minimal self-disturbance, the Examination of Anomalous Self-Experience (EASE), and its discriminant validity. The sample...