Danny Whiting explores the issue of screening for first episode psychosis in prison using a retrospective cohort study from Australia.
[read the full story...]First episode psychosis in prison: is our screening effective?
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Poor insight in psychosis predicts higher mental healthcare service use
In Joseph Lam’s debut blog he explores a recent research paper which uses an electronic dataset to investigate the relationship between insight and service use in first episode psychosis.
[read the full story...]Long term recovery and resilience in psychosis: the iHOPE-20 study
A group of UCL Mental Health Masters students summarise the iHOPE-20 study, which looks at relationships between and prospective predictors of remission, clinical recovery, personal recovery and resilience 20 years on from a first episode psychosis.
[read the full story...]Daily skunk cannabis use associated with a 5-fold increase in psychosis risk
Luke Sheridan-Reins explores a recent paper on the contribution of cannabis use to variation in the incidence of psychotic disorder across Europe.
[read the full story...]Is the incidence of schizophrenia in South-East London really 10 times higher than in Santiago, Spain?
Vishal Bhavsar reviews an EU study of nearly 3,000 people across 6 EU countries, looking at the treated incidence of schizophrenia and psychotic disorders. It helps us better understand who gets psychosis, when, and where.
[read the full story...]The long view: what has really changed with recovery?
Simon Bradstreet explores a recent qualitative study looking at 20 years in the lives of a group of 20 people with psychosis in Ireland. The research provides evidence on the pros and cons of the adoption of recovery-based approaches from people who are uniquely placed to provide a long-term view.
[read the full story...]Beyond thought and behaviour: is psychosis more than a brain disorder?
Shuichi Suetani writes his debut elf blog on a new meta-review that asks: Is psychosis a multisystem disorder? This blog explores central nervous system, immune, cardiometabolic, and endocrine alterations in first-episode psychosis and perspective on potential models.
[read the full story...]What do we know about women, cannabis and psychosis?
Ian Hamilton and Suzi Gage explain why we know so little about the relationship between cannabis and severe mental illness in women.
[read the full story...]Improving outcomes for people with first episode psychosis
Elwira Lubos summarises a recent review of reviews looking at the evidence for improving outcomes in first-episode psychosis.
[read the full story...]MRI in first episode psychosis
Dan Joyce publishes his debut blog on a recent paper in the British Journal of Psychiatry that considers the feasibility and clinical utility of magnetic resonance imaging in first-episode psychosis.
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