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Clinicopathological significance of psychotic experiences in non-psychotic young people: Evidence from four population - based studies

Common childhood neurodevelopmental disorders are associated with increased risk of psychotic experiences in early adolescence

«Persistent nightmares in childhood could be linked to psychotic experiences in later adolescence.»

Researchers at the University of Warwick have found a significant link between the presence of persistent nightmares in childhood and psychotic experiences in later adolescence.

Children who suffer from frequent nightmares or bouts of night terrors may be at an increased risk of psychotic experiences in adolescence, according to new research from the University of Warwick.

The study, published today in the journal SLEEP, shows that children reporting frequent nightmares before the age of 12 were three and a half times more likely to suffer from psychotic experiences in early adolescence.

The likelihood of experiencing psychotic experiences in adolescence increased with the incidence of nightmares.

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It is obvious to me that I altered my brain significantly after years of intense / deep prayer and meditation and that as a result of these contributory experiences I was a high - functioning schizophrenic for a good portion of my life — there were things going on in my biology which predisposed me to being a depressive and a high - functioning schizophrenic but engaging in intense / deep prayer and meditation was only exacerbating this problem by altering my state of consciousness which precipitated the psychotic symptoms and psychic phenomena which I experienced.

It seems the world is made up of: — persons who enter a mystical state and experience oneness and tranquility — persons who have adverse reactions as their minds dissociate resulting in their experiencing psychotic symptoms and psychic phenomena

So for example, in my case and that of other persons whose minds dissociate when we engage in intense / deep spiritual practices like intense / deep prayer, meditation, fasting etc and we hear voices, hallucinate, see visions, experience thought insertions, automatic channelling just like a spirit medium as well as other psychic phenomena (clairvoyance etc), and the mind dissociation makes some persons mentally and emotionally unstable; our minds enter an altered state of consciousness just like those of the Buddhist monks but in our case the altered state of our brains results in psychotic and psychic symptoms being induced (interestingly, some persons who are ignorant of how the human brain functions chalk up these experiences to demonic attack)......... are these psychotic, psychic experiences which persons like myself experience a gift from God as well?

The question of course is: how does a person like me who is experiencing psychotic symptoms and psychic phenomena while in an altered state of consciousness know whether or not it is god who is communicating with them?

On researching my experiences I discovered that when some persons engage in intense spiritual practices like intense prayer, meditation etc. it induces psychotic and psychic symptoms as I described above.

All these scriptures / Biblical teachings created a problem for me as over the years when I would experience psychotic symptoms and psychic phenomena as a result of intense / deep prayer and meditation, I actually thought that God was trying to show me a sign or tell me something or he was leading me in a particular direction.

She flagged this up to her supervisor, a psychiatrist, who told her in no uncertain terms to leave the subject of abortion well alone; that the woman who mentioned abortion in the first place was not experiencing flashbacks but merely a psychotic reaction to the medication she was on.

Following their experiences in detention, I have seen people literally shaking with fear, I've seen them have a psychotic breakdown as the flashbacks of their torture become so frequent that they lose all touch with reality.

Researchers at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) have demonstrated that exposure to childhood trauma (physical assault and bullying) is linked to psychotic experiences, (such as hearing voices), and in turn the cessation of traumatic experiences led to a significant reduction in the incidence of psychotic experiences.

PLEs affect many more people than the number who will be diagnosed with a psychotic disorder, and can cause impairments in social and occupational functioning similar to, though less severe than, those experienced by people with psychosis.

They found that those who with this variation in the AKT1 geneotpye were more likely to experience a psychotic response.

«People with psychotic - like experiences spend less time in healthy brain states.»

The participants who reported the psychotic - like experiences (PLEs)-- considered to be at the low end of the psychosis spectrum — spent less time in a brain state reflecting healthier brain network activity.

In contrast, problems with falling asleep or night waking (insomnia) had no relationship to later psychotic experiences.

Up to half of the 45 million people worldwide who are living with Alzheimer's disease will experience psychotic episodes, a figure that is even higher in some other forms of dementia.

«The pattern we observed in Ontario suggests that psychosocial factors associated with the migratory experience and integration into Canada may contribute to the risk of psychotic disorders.»

The authors postulate that experiences of discrimination and racism may explain the higher rates of psychotic disorders in some immigrant groups, as indicated by previously published studies.

But when physicians interviewed patients hospitalized after their initial psychotic episode, they were startled to learn that in many cases, «people began experiencing changes in cognition, behavior, and perception for months or years» before psychosis struck, Heinssen says.

«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.

Senior author Dr Abraham Reichenberg, Professor of Psychiatry at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and with King's IoPPN said: «It is important to bear in mind that many children will experience some difficulties with schoolwork or other intellectual tasks at some point in their lives, and only a small minority will go on to develop a psychotic disorder.»

Dr Josephine Mollon from King's IoPPN, now with Yale University, said: «For individuals with psychotic disorders, cognitive decline does not just begin in adulthood, when individuals start to experience symptoms such as hallucinations and delusions, but rather many years prior — when difficulties with intellectual tasks first emerge — and worsen over time.

At age 12, 24.9 % of children reported having nightmares in the previous 6 months and 7.9 % of the sample were found to be experiencing psychotic symptoms.

Experience of stressful events has also been related to both the development of both nightmares and psychotic symptoms in late childhood and may be important.»

There was around twice the odds of later experiencing psychotic symptoms in those earlier reporting nightmares.

The psychotic experiences were slightly more common in women (6.6 percent) than men (5 percent), even though full - fledged schizophrenia is more prevalent in males.

Psychotic experiences are sometimes markers of general psychological distress, McGrath explains: «They pop up in depression, anxiety disorders, a whole range of things.»

Now the most comprehensive epidemiological study of psychotic experiences to date, published in July in JAMA Psychiatry, has given researchers the most detailed picture yet of how many people have these experiences and how frequently.

Building on the successful Recent Advances in Understanding Mental Illness and Psychotic Experiences (2000), this report is intended for service users, their friends and families, journalists, policymakers, mental health workers and the public.

Dr. Pope is also a well - recognized clinician with decades of experience in treating patients with psychiatric disorders, including patients with severe mood disorders and psychotic disorders.

Each piece tells the story of an experience in prison, whether his own or recounted by the men he knew there, detailing everything from guard brutality to gang wars to psychotic breakdowns.

A reminiscence of the early light show in its attempt to formalize the «inner journey» experience induced by psychotic drugs.

I have a high success rate in helping clients suffering with psychotic experiences and in helping families cope.

I have experience in treating substance dependency, depression, anxiety, psychotic disorders, ADHD, trauma, dissociative disorders, family issues, and grief.

Dimensional assessment of schizotypal, psychotic, and other psychiatric traits in children and their parents: development and validation of the Childhood Oxford - Liverpool Inventory of Feelings and Experiences on a representative US sample.

Trajectories of childhood internalizing and externalizing psychopathology and psychotic - like experiences in adolescence: A prospective population - based cohort study.

Ethnicity, social disadvantage and psychotic - like experiences in a healthy population based sample

I have experience in helping those with mood, anxiety, trauma, substance abuse and relationship problems, to supporting those struggling to cope with severe and persistent mental illness or psychotic issues.»

Psychotic experiences and suicide attempt risk in common mental disorders and borderline personality disorder.

Psychotic - like experiences and correlation with childhood trauma and other socio - demographic factors: A cross-sectional survey in adolescence and early adulthood in China.

Psychotic - like experiences in the general population: characterizing a high - risk group for psychosis

The remaining 108 items assessed a range of child mental health and well - being constructs, including: Social Integration, Prosocial Behaviour, Peer Relationship Problems, Supportive Relationships (at home, school and in the community), Empathy, Emotional Symptoms, Conduct Problems, Aggression, Attention, Inhibitory Control, Hyperactivity - Inattention, Total Difficulties (internalising and externalising psychopathology), Perceptual Sensitivity, Psychotic - Like Experiences, Personality, Self - esteem, Daytime Sleepiness and Connection to Nature (engagement with natural environment).

A systematic review and meta - analysis of mental health service use in people who report psychotic experiences.