Associations between childhood area-level social fragmentation, maladaptation to school, and social functioning among healthy youth and those at clinical high risk …

BS Ku, J Addington, CE Bearden… - Schizophrenia …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background and Hypothesis Although studies have identified social fragmentation
as an important risk factor for schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders, it is unknown …

Urbanicity and psychotic disorders: Facts and hypotheses

B Pignon, A Szöke, B Ku, M Melchior… - Dialogues in Clinical …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
In the present qualitative literature review, we summarise data on psychotic disorders and
urbanicity, focusing particularly on recent findings. Longitudinal studies of the impact of …

Associations Between Genetic Risk, Physical Activities, and Distressing Psychotic-like Experiences

BS Ku, Q Yuan, A Arias-Magnasco, BD Lin… - Schizophrenia …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Background and hypothesis Persistent distressing psychotic-like experiences (PLE) are
associated with impaired functioning and future psychopathology. Prior research suggests …

[HTML][HTML] Reorienting the focus from an individual to a community-level lens to improve the pathways through care for early psychosis in the United States

O Oluwoye, A Nagendra, LS Kriegel, DM Anglin… - SSM-Mental …, 2023 - Elsevier
The implementation of coordinated specialty care in the US over the past decade has led to
the improvements of clinical and functional outcomes among individuals in the early stages …

Neighborhood ethnoracial diversity and positive psychotic symptoms among youth at high-risk and healthy comparisons

BS Ku, Q Yuan, R Haardörfer, J Addington… - Psychiatry …, 2024 - Elsevier
Neighborhood ethnoracial composition has been associated with schizophrenia, but
mechanisms are unclear. This study investigates the moderators and mediators of the …

The association between neighborhood-level social fragmentation and distressing psychotic-like experiences in early adolescence: the moderating role of close …

BS Ku, J Ren, MT Compton, BG Druss, S Guo… - Psychological …, 2024 - cambridge.org
BackgroundEarly exposure to neighborhood social fragmentation has been shown to be
associated with schizophrenia. The impact of social fragmentation and friendships on …

Developmental perspectives on the origins of psychotic disorders: The need for a transdiagnostic approach

EF Walker, K Aberizk, E Yuan, Z Bilgrami… - Development and …, 2024 - cambridge.org
Research on serious mental disorders, particularly psychosis, has revealed highly variable
symptom profiles and developmental trajectories prior to illness-onset. As Dante Cicchetti …