Psychosis
October 2, 2018
J. Hamm, Bethany L. Leonhardt, Jeremy M. Ridenour et al.
24 citations
Two approaches studying first-person experience in psychosis—philosophical phenomenology and the recovery movement—offer different but potentially complementary insights. Phenomenology describes how lived experience in psychosis deviates from health, proposing the ipseity disturbance model, while recovery writings focus on experiences of moving toward well-being. These differences make integration for treatment challenging. The authors examine major tenets of each literature and suggest future directions for reconciling their contributions.
Psychosis
May 13, 2020
Katherine Newman‐Taylor, Thomas Richardson, Monica Sood et al.
18 citations
Cannabis use worsens symptoms and relapse risk in people with psychosis, and childhood sexual abuse and high schizotypy add to that risk. Three studies tested whether external attribution (blaming others) and cognitive fusion (being overwhelmed by thoughts) explain these links. In a general population sample, cannabis users had more paranoia and psychotic-type experiences, and cognitive fusion—not external attribution—explained these effects. In another general population sample, external attribution and cognitive fusion partly or fully accounted for how childhood sexual abuse and schizotypy increased paranoia and distress. In a clinical sample with psychosis, the same two processes partly or fully accounted for the effects of gender, age of first cannabis use, sexual abuse, and schizotypy. These processes may be key to cannabis-related paranoia and inform therapy.
Psychosis
January 6, 2022
Julia G. Lebovitz, Chris Ahnallen, T. M. Luhrmann
1 citation
COVID-19 influenced the content of auditory hallucinations and delusions for many people with psychosis, but the effect was not uniform. Some patients reported that ideas about the virus appeared in their hallucinations and shaped paranoid thoughts, and a few felt the frequency or loudness of voices increased. Others said the virus had not affected their experience. The increased social isolation, financial insecurity, and socio-political climate of the pandemic period also seemed to negatively impact individuals with psychosis. The findings illustrate how societal and external factors can shape the experience of psychosis.
Psychosis
September 25, 2024
The paper argues that the term "distress" inadequately captures the experiences of people who hear voices outside a clinical context. Drawing on qualitative interviews, it explores how non-clinical voice-hearers describe uncertainty and ambivalence about their experiences, challenging the assumption that voice-hearing is inherently distressing. The authors suggest that a more nuanced understanding of voice-hearing along the psychosis continuum is needed, one that accommodates both positive and negative aspects without pathologizing all voice-hearing.