The lancet. Psychiatry
February 1, 2026
Rosa Ritunnano, Jeannette Littlemore, Barnaby Nelson et al.
8 citations
Delusions in psychosis involve complex and dynamic experiential, affective, cognitive, behavioural, and interpersonal alterations. Their pattern of emergence during the early stages of illness remains poorly understood and the origin of their thematic content unclear. Phenomenological accounts have emphasised alterations of selfhood and reality experience in delusion formation but have not...
Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences
January 16, 2023
Rosa Ritunnano, D Papola, Matthew R Broome et al.
32 citations
This editorial reflects on current methodological trends in translational research in mental health. It aims to build a bridge between two fields that are frequently siloed off from each other: interventional research and phenomenologically informed research. Recent years have witnessed a revival of phenomenological approaches in mental health, often - but not only - as a means of connecting...
Lancet Psychiatry
May 1, 2022
Rosa Ritunnano, Joshua J. Kleinman, Danniella Whyte Oshodi et al.
BACKGROUND Delusions are a common transdiagnostic feature of psychotic disorders, and their treatment remains suboptimal. Despite the pressing need to better understand the nature, meaning, and course of these symptoms, research into the lived experience of delusional phenomena in psychosis is scarce. Thus, we aimed to explore the lived experience and subjective apprehension of delusions in...
Translational Psychiatry
March 27, 2018
Pavan Mallikarjun, P. Lalousis, T. Dunne et al.
Auditory verbal hallucinations (AVH) often lead to distress and functional disability, and are frequently associated with psychotic illness. Previously both state and trait magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies of AVH have identified activity in brain regions involving auditory processing, language, memory and areas of default mode network (DMN) and salience network (SN). Current evidence is...