Evidence that the presence of psychosis in non-psychotic disorder is environment-dependent and mediated by severity of non-psychotic psychopathology

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 2389-2401

  Guloksuz, S ^a,b   Van Nierop, M ^a   Lieb, R ^c   Van Winkel, R ^a,d   Wittchen, H U ^e,f   Van Os, J ^a,g  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^e DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

^g KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Affective disorders; cannabis; childhood trauma; psychosis; risk factors; urbanicity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILDHOOD TRAUMA SURVIVOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDERS; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RISK FACTOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ADVERSE EVENTS; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HELP-SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOOD DISORDERS; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PSYCHOPATHOLOGY; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84936996717     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291715000380     Document Type: Article

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