Abstract Purpose of Review We review recent developments on risk factors in
schizophrenia. Recent Findings The way we think about schizophrenia today is profoundly …

Individuals with disorders that include psychotic symptoms (ie psychotic disorders)
experience broad cognitive impairments in the chronic state, indicating a dimension of …

The current management of patients with primary psychosis worldwide is often remarkably
stereotyped. In almost all cases an antipsychotic medication is prescribed, with second …

Neurodevelopmental disorders such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and
autism spectrum disorder, although most commonly considered in childhood, can be lifelong …

Many adult mental disorders have their origins in childhood yet our knowledge about this
largely comes from studies assessing adults utilising retrospective recall of age of onset. In …

Background If most adults with mental disorders are found to have a juvenile psychiatric
history, this would shift etiologic research and prevention policy to focus more on childhood …

Although now believed to be two distinct disorders, autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and
schizophrenia spectrum disorders (SSD) share multiple phenotypic similarities and risk …

Importance Neurocognition is a central characteristic of schizophrenia and other psychotic
disorders. Identifying the pattern and severity of neurocognitive functioning during the “near …

Abstract The Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study began more than
four decades ago. Unusual at the time, it was founded as a multidisciplinary research …

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 …