BackgroundPsychotic symptoms occur more frequently in the general population than
psychotic disorder and index risk for psychopathology. Multiple studies have reported on the …

Until the early 1980s, the only estimate of the prevalence of obsessive compulsive disorder
(OCD) in the general population was 0.05%. Data collected from the Epidemiology …

Aims: Italy was one of the first countries to be significantly affected by the coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, determining a unique scenario for Italian …

Background: It is commonly assumed that there are clear lines of demarcation between
anxiety and depressive disorders on the one hand and psychosis on the other. Recent …

Background The clinical high-risk state for psychosis (HRP) is associated with an enhanced
probability of developing a psychotic episode over a relatively short period of time. However …

BackgroundPsychotic phenomena are common in the general population but are excluded
from diagnostic criteria for mild to moderate depression and anxiety despite their co …

Context Recent evidence from both clinical and population research has pointed to
psychotic symptoms as potentially important markers of risk for suicidal behavior. However …

Recent evidence suggests that transition risks from initial clinical high risk (CHR) status to
psychosis are decreasing. The role played by remission in this context is mostly unknown …

Psychotic-like experiences (PLEs) have been identified as risk markers for psychotic
disorders and may indicate an individual's susceptibility to mental disorders in general. We …

Neurocognitive dysfunction is well established in psychosis, but recent work suggests that
processing speed deficits might represent a particularly important cognitive deficit. A number …