SynthesisSchizophrenia bulletin2023
Incidence and Persistence of Psychotic Experiences in the General Population: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
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36 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 61 citations in OpenAlex.
- A systematic review of studies using network analysis to assess dynamics of psychotic-like experiences in community samples.Psychological medicine · 2025Pooled it
- The Salience of Psychotic Experiences: Neural Correlates in the General Population.Schizophrenia bulletin · 2026Article
- Structure and temporal stability of adolescent psychotic experiences: findings from a German longitudinal cohort study.Psychological medicine · 2026Article
- Psychotic symptoms and suicidality: combined findings from a high-risk and a clinical cohort of adolescents.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2026Article
- Mentalizing under stress and psychotic experiences: An experience sampling study.Psychology and psychotherapy · 2026Article
- Social disconnection and psychotic-like experiences in the Slovak DISCONNECT epidemiological study.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Self-Reported Psychosis Spectrum Symptoms Among Sexual and Gender Diverse Emerging Adults Screened for a Suicide Prevention Trial.Archives of sexual behavior · 2026Article
- Beyond Charles Bonnet Syndrome: A Scoping Review of Psychotic Symptoms in Vision Loss.Alpha psychiatry · 2026Review
- Sex differences in the effect of childhood adversity and coping strategies on psychosis expression: A TwinssCan study.European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists · 2026Article
- Thoughts Falling Apart: Disorganized Schizotypy Specifically Predicts Both Psychotic- and Stress-Reactivity in Daily Life.Journal of personality · 2026Article
- Different facets of religiosity and their longitudinal associations with psychotic-like experiences in the general population.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2026Article
- The central role of negative emotional states, rejection sensitivity and negative self-beliefs in a complex non-clinical paranoia network model.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2026Article
- Review
- Secondary School Teachers' Disorder-Specific Mental Health Literacy About Depression, Anxiety, Early Psychosis and Suicide Risk: A Scoping Review.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Sex differences in the independent and combined effects of genomic and exposomic risks for schizophrenia on distressing psychotic experiences: insights from the ABCD study.Archives of women's mental health · 2026Article
- The Association Between Trajectories of Self-reported Psychotic Experiences and Continuity of Mental Health Care in a Longitudinal Cohort of Adolescents and Young Adults.Schizophrenia bulletin · 2025Article
- Response Inhibition in Autistic Children Predicts Positive Psychotic Symptoms in Young Adulthood-Results from an 8-Year Follow-up Study.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2025Article
- Psychotic Symptoms in Cataract Patients Without Overt Psychosis Are Ameliorated Following Successful Cataract Surgery.Diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- The Value of Structural Neuroimaging in First-Episode Psychosis and the Prevalence of Imaging Abnormalities and Clinical Relevance: A Real-World Observational Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Longitudinal Trajectories of Clinical Features in Community Youth With Recurrent Psychosis Spectrum Symptoms: Findings From the Philadelphia Neurodevelopmental Cohort.Schizophrenia bulletin · 2025Article
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Abstract
background and hypothesisPsychotic experiences (PEs) are associated with increased risk for mental disorders, in particular persistent PEs. PEs therefore might be useful within intervention research. We sought to systematically determine the incidence and persistence of PEs in the general population. STUDY
designA double-blind search of databases (Embase, Pubmed PMC, Psychinfo, Medline, and Web of Science) from inception to January 2023 and data extraction, were conducted. Study quality was assessed using the NIH assessment tool. Random effects models were conducted to calculate pooled incidence rate per person-year and proportion of persistent PEs per year. Age and study design were all examined using subgroup analyses. Demographic, risk factors, and outcomes for incidence and persistence of PEs were reported in a narrative synthesis. STUDY
resultsUsing a double-blind screening method for abstract (k = 5763) and full text (k = 250) were screened. In total 91 samples from 71 studies were included, of which 39 were included in a meta-analysis (incidence: k = 17, n = 56 089; persistence: k = 22, n = 81 847). Incidence rate was 0.023 per person-year (95% CI [0.0129;0.0322]). That is, for every 100 people, 2 reported first onset PEs in a year. This was highest in adolescence at 5 per 100(13-17 years). The pooled persistence rate for PEs was 31.0% (95% CI [26.65,35.35]) This was highest in adolescence at 35.8%. Cannabis was particularly associated with incidence of PEs, and persistence of PEs were associated with multiple mental disorders.
conclusionsEach year incidence of PEs is 2 of every 100 people, and persists each year in 31% of cases, this risk is highest in adolescents.
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