Early Intervention in Psychiatry
October 1, 2018
S. Riches, Rich Maskey, R. Waddingham et al.
AIM: To improve public understanding of the subjective experience of auditory hallucinations and increase empathy towards individuals who hear voices and have other unusual sensory experiences. METHODS: This pilot study developed a new immersive art exhibition, Altered States of Consciousness, which gave members of the public an individualized voice-hearing simulation experience in 2 real-world...
Early Intervention in Psychiatry
July 3, 2018
Jan Sundquist, Karolina Palmér, Ashfaque A. Memon et al.
Although mindfulness‐based group therapies (MGTs) for depressive, anxiety or stress and adjustment disorders are promising, there is a substantial lack of knowledge regarding the long‐term improvements after such therapies in these common psychiatric disorders.
Early Intervention in Psychiatry
October 20, 2017
M. Birnbaum, S. Cleary, C. R. Wan et al.
The Cannabis Experiences Questionnaire (CEQ) was developed to measure the subjective experiences of cannabis use both during and after intoxication. Despite the need to better understand the nature of the complex and significant relationship between cannabis use and early psychosis, this questionnaire has rarely been used in individuals with first‐episode psychosis.
Early Intervention in Psychiatry
October 20, 2017
Dan Koren, Ravit Scheyer, Noa Reznik et al.
Aim: The goal of this pilot study was to assess the association between basic self-disturbance (SD) and deficits in neurocognitive and metacognitive functioning among help-seeking adolescents with and without attenuated psychosis syndrome (APS). Methods: Sixty-one non-psychotic, help-seeking adolescents (age 13-18) were assessed with the examination of anomalous self-experience, the structured...
Early Intervention in Psychiatry
October 2016
Sian Cotton, Christina M. Luberto, Richard W. Sears et al.
Children and adolescents with bipolar parents have an elevated risk for anxiety disorders. However, antidepressant medications commonly used to treat symptoms of anxiety may accelerate the onset of mania in these already at-risk youth. Therefore, studies evaluating innovative non-pharmacologic treatments for anxiety in this population are urgently needed. Subjects participated in 12 weekly...
Early Intervention in Psychiatry
February 2016
Kit-Wai Lee, Kit-Wa Chan, Wing-Chung Chang et al.
Psychotic-like experiences (PLEs) or subclinical psychotic experiences have received increased attention as some studies have suggested continuity between PLEs and psychotic disorders. However, epidemiological and correlational studies of PLEs showed mixed findings - it is observed that different studies use a wide variety of definitions of PLEs, as well as different assessment tools that are...
Early Intervention in Psychiatry
February 1, 2013
Renate Van der Valk, Susanna Van de Waerdt, Carin J Meijer et al.
Recently, a mindfulness therapy for people with psychotic disorders was developed. However, clinicians and researchers are cautious given case reports in which extensive meditation provoked psychotic symptoms in people with a psychotic disorder. The purpose of this study was to examine the feasibility, adverse effects and possible favourable effects of mindfulness-based therapy (MBT) in people...