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World psychiatry : official journal of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA)

ISSN 1723-8617

5 papers in the library · 462 citations · publishing 2008-2025

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Post-traumatic stress disorder: evolving conceptualization and evidence, and future research directions.

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...

Philosophy of psychiatry: theoretical advances and clinical implications.

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...

The lived experience of psychosis: a bottom-up review co-written by experts by experience and academics.

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...

Phenomenological and neurocognitive perspectives on delusions: A critical overview.

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...

Cannabis use and the risk of developing a psychotic disorder.

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...