The reliability and validity of traditional taxonomies are limited by arbitrary boundaries
between psychopathology and normality, often unclear boundaries between disorders …

Starting from the early descriptions of Kraepelin and Bleuler, the construct of schizotypy was
developed from observations of aberrations in nonpsychotic family members of …

Objective: Individuals at high risk for schizophrenia may benefit from early intervention, but
few validated risk predictors are available. Genetic profiling is one approach to risk …

The third edition of the hugely successful Handbook of Child and Adolescent Clinical
Psychology incorporates important advances in the field to provide a reliable and accessible …

In this article, I outline a general framework for the evolutionary analysis of mental disorders
based on the concepts of life history theory. I synthesize and extend a large body of work …

A conspiracy theory refers to an alternative explanation of an event involving a conspirator
plot organised by powerful people or organisations. Belief in conspiracy theories is related …

Schizotypy refers to a set of temporally stable traits that are observed in the general
population and that resemble the signs and symptoms of schizophrenia. Here, we review …

Schizotypy refers to a set of personality traits thought to reflect the subclinical expression of
the signs and symptoms of schizophrenia. Here, we review the cognitive and brain …

Individuals reporting persistent psychotic experiences (PEs) in the general population, but
without a “need for care”, are a unique group of particular importance in identifying risk and …

The brain is a predictive machine. Converging data suggests a diametric predictive strategy
from autism spectrum disorders (ASD) to schizophrenic spectrum disorders (SSD). Whereas …