Schizophrenia risk has often been conceptualized using a model which requires two hits in
order to generate the clinical phenotype—the first as an early priming in a genetically …

The current systematic review and meta-analysis provides an extended and comprehensive
overview of the associations between neurocognitive and social cognitive functioning and …

Purpose The aim of the review is to understand the relationships between loneliness and
related psychological and social factors in individuals with psychosis. Loneliness is poorly …

Background: In schizophrenia, social cognition is strongly linked to functional outcome and
is increasingly seen as a viable treatment target. The goal of the Social Cognition …

Although dementia praecox or schizophrenia has been considered a unique disease entity
for the past century, its definitions and boundaries have continued to vary over this period. At …

Mood and psychotic syndromes most often emerge during adolescence and young
adulthood, a period characterised by major physical and social change. Consequently, the …

A wealth of evidence has revealed that deficits in social cognitive skills (including facial
affect recognition (FAR), social cue perception, Theory of Mind (ToM), and attributional style) …

Research on the psychology of terrorism has argued against the idea that most terrorist
behavior is caused by mental illness or by a terrorist personality. This article suggests an …

Disability is pervasive in schizophrenia and is refractory to current medication treatments.
Inability to function in everyday settings is responsible for the huge indirect costs of …

Mental health and social life are intimately inter-related, as demonstrated by the frequent
social deficits of psychiatric patients and the increased rate of psychiatric disorders in people …