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View article: The inventory of psychotic-like anomalous self-experiences (IPASE): Stability and relationships with attenuated psychotic symptoms and remission in individuals at-risk for psychosis
The inventory of psychotic-like anomalous self-experiences (IPASE): Stability and relationships with attenuated psychotic symptoms and remission in individuals at-risk for psychosis Open
The IPASE is a moderately stable measure in UHR individuals, correlates with the presence of positive psychotic symptoms but only weakly with severity, and does not strongly predict positive symptom change.
View article: Psychosis and the self: How spontaneous discussions of subjective experiences compare in the clinical high-risk and first-episode psychosis populations.
Psychosis and the self: How spontaneous discussions of subjective experiences compare in the clinical high-risk and first-episode psychosis populations. Open
Individuals at CHR and with FEP spontaneously discuss issues related to their identities in ways that are informed and shaped by the social milieu. The bidirectional nature of these struggles reinforces a need for integrated care through p…
View article: “Ask” or “Inquire”: operationalizing speech formality in psychosis and its risk states using etymology
“Ask” or “Inquire”: operationalizing speech formality in psychosis and its risk states using etymology Open
Many individuals with psychotic symptoms have less complex language than healthy individuals. Word etymology is a lexical feature that has not yet been studied in clinical populations, but among healthy individuals, words of Old French ori…
View article: A pilot study investigating the effect of the <scp>BEGIN</scp> psychoeducation intervention for people at clinical high risk for psychosis on emotional and stigma‐related experiences
A pilot study investigating the effect of the <span>BEGIN</span> psychoeducation intervention for people at clinical high risk for psychosis on emotional and stigma‐related experiences Open
Aim There is concern that the provision of the clinical high risk for psychosis (CHR) label is stigmatizing. Prior research suggests people have nuanced reactions to feedback involving the CHR label, including a positive experience receivi…
View article: Psychosis-like experiences and resilience: A systematic and critical review of the literature.
Psychosis-like experiences and resilience: A systematic and critical review of the literature. Open
Resilience research has documented the ability to cope with traumatic and stressful situations and/or retain functioning given certain risk factors in the context of psychosis. In this study, we conducted the first systematic review of the…
View article: A case report and first-person account of an individual at risk for psychosis who improved during the COVID-19 pandemic
A case report and first-person account of an individual at risk for psychosis who improved during the COVID-19 pandemic Open
This case highlights the importance of fostering agency in clients during a time of crisis and ensuring that clinicians be aware of potential biases about mental health symptom exacerbation.
View article: A qualitative study on identity in individuals at clinical high risk for psychosis: “ … Why does it have to be one thing?”.
A qualitative study on identity in individuals at clinical high risk for psychosis: “ … Why does it have to be one thing?”. Open
The present study demonstrates that identity formation is a major process for youth in general and that psychosis experiences can make this process more challenging. CHR participants spontaneously brought up multiple themes related to iden…
View article: S108. AUTOMATED DETECTION OF INCREASED METAPHOR PRODUCTION IN OPEN-ENDED SPEECH IN SCHIZOPHRENIA AND ITS RISK STATES
S108. AUTOMATED DETECTION OF INCREASED METAPHOR PRODUCTION IN OPEN-ENDED SPEECH IN SCHIZOPHRENIA AND ITS RISK STATES Open
Background Clinicians have long observed peculiarities in the use of figurative language by individuals with schizophrenia, as part of larger expressive deficits. Natural language processing has been used to predict psychosis onset (Bedi e…
View article: Linking language features to clinical symptoms and multimodal imaging in individuals at clinical high risk for psychosis
Linking language features to clinical symptoms and multimodal imaging in individuals at clinical high risk for psychosis Open
Background. Abnormalities in the semantic and syntactic organization of speech have been reported in individuals at clinical high-risk (CHR) for psychosis. The current study seeks to examine whether such abnormalities are associated with c…
View article: Closed-Loop Acoustic Stimulation Enhances Sleep Oscillations But Not Memory Performance
Closed-Loop Acoustic Stimulation Enhances Sleep Oscillations But Not Memory Performance Open
Slow oscillations and spindle activity during non-rapid eye movement sleep have been implicated in memory consolidation. Closed-loop acoustic stimulation has previously been shown to enhance slow oscillations and spindle activity during sl…
View article: S19. ANALYZING NEGATIVE SYMPTOMS AND LANGUAGE IN YOUTHS AT RISK FOR PSYCHOSIS USING AUTOMATED LANGUAGE ANALYSIS
S19. ANALYZING NEGATIVE SYMPTOMS AND LANGUAGE IN YOUTHS AT RISK FOR PSYCHOSIS USING AUTOMATED LANGUAGE ANALYSIS Open
Schizophrenia is characterized by disturbances in thought and language, often resulting in reduced production and complexity of speech, and abnormal pauses; these language disturbances have been associated with negative symptoms (Cohen et …
View article: T35. SPEED OF FACE PROCESSING PREDICTS PSYCHOSIS IN AT-RISK YOUTHS
T35. SPEED OF FACE PROCESSING PREDICTS PSYCHOSIS IN AT-RISK YOUTHS Open
BACKGROUND: Face processing deficits characterize schizophrenia, including in prodromal stages. Baseline face processing deficits predict psychosis onset in clinical high-risk (CHR) youths, specifically in fear/anger processing (Corcoran, …
View article: Hippocampal signature of associative memory measured by chronic ambulatory intracranial EEG
Hippocampal signature of associative memory measured by chronic ambulatory intracranial EEG Open
Some patients with medically refractory focal epilepsy are chronically implanted with a brain-responsive neurostimulation device (the RNS ® System), permitting neurophysiological measurements at millisecond resolution. This clinical device…