«Many adolescents and young adults who are at high
risk for psychosis smoke marijuana regularly or have a cannabis use disorder,» said Margaret Haney, PhD, professor of neurobiology (in Psychiatry) at CUMC and senior author of the paper.
Psychometric properties of translated outcome measures of cognitive behavioural
therapy for psychosis in the Chinese context.
II: Predictors of outcome in CBT for psychosis
A preliminary exploration of predictors of outcome and cognitive mechanisms of change in cognitive behaviour therapy
for psychosis in people not taking antipsychotic medication.
Vulnerability for psychosis at ages 13 and 16 predicts cannabis use at ages 16 and 19, and cannabis use at age 16 predicts psychosis vulnerability at age 19
Sex differences in cognitive functioning in at - risk mental
state for psychosis, first episode psychosis and healthy control subjects.
She leads a research laboratory that is funded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) to study risk
factors for psychosis and other serious mental illnesses.
Results also show that nearly two - thirds of those with schizophrenia and more than half of those with bipolar disorder were obese 20 years after their first
hospitalization for psychosis.
About half met
criteria for psychosis, major depressive disorder and alcohol or substance abuse, and nearly half had experienced traumatic brain injury.
«Although this was a small, preliminary study, it suggests that marijuana may affect individuals at high risk
for psychosis differently than other marijuana users, by briefly inducing psychotic - like experiences and impairing their cognition,» said Nehal Vadhan, PhD, a psychologist and associate professor in Psychiatry and Molecular Medicine at Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine and first author of the paper.
«While larger studies are needed to confirm these findings, they may aid clinicians in their guidance to individuals at risk
for psychosis about marijuana's potential effects.»
Patients can find themselves on a whole pharmacopoeia of drugs that address their NMS on a one - off basis, targeting individual symptoms — sildenafil (Viagra ®) for erectile dysfunction, stimulants for daytime sleepiness and fatigue,
clozapine for psychosis, and even glycopyrrolate for frank, uncontrolled drooling — but again, these drugs do nothing to check the underlying progression of AS pathology, and the NMS continue to worsen over time.
Potentially traumatic events in youth with and at clinical high risk
for psychosis Morelli N, Fogler J, Tembulkar S, Graber K, Lincoln SH, Bosquet Enlow M, Gonzalez - Heydrich J, D'Angelo EJ.
To help clinicians know where to draw the line, Perkins and Clark Jeffries, PhD, a scientist at RENCI, examined what symptoms were most predictive of psychosis over a two - year follow - up period in a cohort of 296 individuals at high - risk
for psychosis because of experiencing attenuated psychosis symptoms.
During my work as a consultant pharmacist, I saw quite a few patients who were
hospitalized for psychosis later to be found to be suffering from hyperthyroidism and a patient who was found to have under - treated hypothyroidism after being hospitalized for treatment - resistant depression.
Omega - 3 PUFAs may therefore reduce conversion in subjects at risk
for psychosis by preventing the pathophysiological changes associated with the increase in striatal dopamine.
Not only does it stand in complete juxtaposition to the horrors taking place and the crisp static camerawork, it's a
metaphor for her psychosis, subtly suggesting to us Kate's gonna learn a thing or two about playing by the book.
Kusama later moved back to Japan and checked into a mental
hospital for psychosis; there, she continued to paint and write surrealist stories and poems.
She has received treatment in the
past for psychosis and has a longtime belief that she was being sexually assaulted by various men while she slept.
An investigation into the psychometric properties of the cognitive therapy
scale for psychosis (CTS - Psy)
ACT for Psychosis Recovery is the first book to provide a breakthrough, evidence - based, step - by - step approach for group work with clients suffering from psychosis.
A systematic review and meta - analysis of the psychosis continuum:
evidence for a psychosis proneness - persistence - impairment model of psychotic disorder
Psychotic - like experiences in the general population: characterizing a high - risk group for psychosis
Limitations include participants had experienced multiple childhood traumas, and for some participants 8 sessions were probably too few to significantly affect trauma symptoms, treatment as
usual for psychosis may vary between countries and length of follow - up.
This list hopes to connect clinicians, researchers, students, policy makers and others who are interested in advancing psychological
treatment for psychosis and other severe mental health difficulties from a contextual perspective.
Brief culturally adapted
CBT for psychosis (CaCBTp): A randomized controlled trial from a low income country.
«Also, are these antibodies producing symptoms in everyone or do they function as a probe of an underlying, perhaps genetic,
vulnerability for psychosis?»
A single blind randomized controlled trial of cognitive behavioural therapy in a help - seeking population with an At Risk Mental
State for psychosis: the Dutch Early Detection and Intervention Evaluation (EDIE - NL) trial
«Assessing and addressing the impact of childhood trauma: Understanding why childhood trauma leads to an increased
risk for psychosis.»
Individual therapy can also be an important part of a teen's treatment
for psychosis.
«Blood test may help determine who is at risk
for psychosis.»
The study published in the journal Schizophrenia Bulletin reports preliminary results showing that a blood test, when used in psychiatric patients experiencing symptoms that are considered to be indicators of a high risk
for psychosis, identifies those who later went on to develop psychosis.
Before most people experience full - blown psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia, they are often diagnosed as being at clinical high risk (CHR)
for psychosis.
Based on what we know so far, we can draw provisional conclusions about particular types of childhood trauma that are linked to increased risk
for psychosis: bullying, sexual abuse, and emotional neglect.
Previous studies have found an association between marijuana use and psychosis in the general population, but none have rigorously examined marijuana's effects in those at greatest risk
for psychosis.