Testing the hypothesis that psychotic illness begins when subthreshold hallucinations combine with delusional ideation

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 34-47

  Smeets, F ^a   Lataster, T ^a   van Winkel, R ^a   de Graaf, R ^b   ten Have, M ^b   van Os, J ^a,c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION   (Netherlands)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Delusions; Hallucinations; Prevention; Risk; Schizophrenia; Subclinical

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; ARTICLE; AUDITORY HALLUCINATION; CHILDHOOD; COMORBIDITY; DELUSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HALLUCINATION; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEGATIVE SYNDROME; OLFACTORY HALLUCINATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSITIVE SYNDROME; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; PSYCHOTRAUMA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TACTILE HALLUCINATION; URBAN AREA; VISUAL HALLUCINATION;

EID: 84871041153     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2012.01888.x     Document Type: Article

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