World psychiatry : official journal of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA)
February 1, 2025
Chris R Brewin, Lukoye Atwoli, Jonathan I Bisson et al.
73 citations
The understanding of responses to traumatic events has been greatly influenced by the introduction of the diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). In this paper we review the initial versions of the diagnostic criteria for this condition and the associated epidemiological findings, including sociocultural differences. We consider evidence for post-traumatic reactions occurring in...
World psychiatry : official journal of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA)
June 1, 2024
Dan J Stein, Kris Nielsen, Anna Hartford et al.
70 citations
Work at the intersection of philosophy and psychiatry has an extensive and influential history, and has received increased attention recently, with the emergence of professional associations and a growing literature. In this paper, we review key advances in work on philosophy and psychiatry, and their related clinical implications. First, in understanding and categorizing mental disorder, both...
World psychiatry : official journal of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA)
June 1, 2022
Paolo Fusar‐poli, Andrés Estradé, Giovanni Stanghellini et al.
225 citations
Psychosis is the most ineffable experience of mental disorder. We provide here the first co-written bottom-up review of the lived experience of psychosis, whereby experts by experience primarily selected the subjective themes, that were subsequently enriched by phenomenologically-informed perspectives. First-person accounts within and outside the medical field were screened and discussed in...
World psychiatry : official journal of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA)
June 1, 2015
Louis Sass, Greg Byrom
94 citations
There is considerable overlap between phenomenological and neurocognitive perspectives on delusions. In this paper, we first review major phenomenological accounts of delusions, beginning with Jaspers' ideas regarding incomprehensibility, delusional mood, and disturbed "cogito" (basic, minimal, or core self-experience) in what he termed "delusion proper" in schizophrenia. Then we discuss later...
World psychiatry : official journal of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA)
2008
Wayne Hall, Louisa Degenhardt
WE BRIEFLY REVIEW THE EVIDENCE THAT CANNABIS USE IN ADOLESCENCE AND YOUNG ADULTHOOD IS A CONTRIBUTORY CAUSE OF SCHIZOPHRENIFORM PSYCHOSES, BY SUMMARISING LONGITUDINAL STUDIES THAT: a) have examined relationships between cannabis use and the risk of psychosis or psychotic symptoms; and b) have controlled for potential confounders, such as other forms of drug use and personal characteristics that...