Challenges to the uniqueness of psychotic experience in psychosis: insights on research methodology and intervention.
Shanghai Arch Psychiatry August 1, 2015 DOI: 10.11919/j.issn.1002-0829.215068 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Review Peer reviewed |
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| Key findings | Psychosocial epidemiology can help clarify the role of non-psychotic symptoms in psychotic disorders and may expand intervention options, but a new psychiatric nosology is not yet warranted. |
Abstract
Paul Bebbington's recent Special Article on the value of psychosocial epidemiology as a tool for understanding the symptomatology of psychosis provides a fresh perspective on understanding the etiology of schizophrenia and related psychotic conditions. Assessment of psychotic-like experiences in non-clinical populations may help to clarify the role of non-psychotic symptoms such as anxiety and depression in the onset and course of psychotic disorders. This approach may also make it possible to expand the repertoire of interventions for preventing the onset or ameliorating the course of psychotic conditions. There is, however, a long road to travel before the mapping of the relationships between brain pathology, psychological symptoms, environmental stressors, and clinical diagnoses are sufficiently detailed to merit the creation of a new psychiatric nosology.