Experiences of felt presence in first episode psychosis.
Schizophrenia November 26, 2025 Ben Alderson Day, Peter Moseley, Angela Woods et al.
Felt presence—the sensation that someone else is nearby despite no sensory evidence—has been recognized in psychosis for over a century but has been difficult to study. Recently it has been identified across multiple diagnoses and emphasized by people with psychosis as a clinical priority. This work describes how felt presence appears in a first-episode psychosis sample and reports initial links to affect, gender, and psychopathology.