Articles

A validation of cognitive biomarkers for the early identification of cognitive enhancing agents in schizotypy: a three-center double-blind placebo-controlled study (with Ivan Koychev, Katrina McMullen, Jane Lees, Rukiya Dadhiwala, Lois Grayson, Charlotte Perry, Anne Schmechtig, James Walters, Kevin J. Craig, Gerard R. Dawson, Colin T. Dourish, Ulrich Ettinger, Lawrence Wilkinson, Steven Williams, and John Francis William Deakin), Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Papers (2012)

A number of compounds aimed at improving cognition in schizophrenia have failed to demonstrate efficacy...

 

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Dissociation mediates the relationship between childhood trauma and hallucination-proneness. (with F Varese and R P. Bentall), Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Papers (2012)

BACKGROUND: It has been proposed that the relationship between childhood trauma and hallucinations can be...

 
Auditory false perceptions are mediated by psychosis risk factors (with Richard Smallman, Natalie Royle, Chris Barkus, Shon Lewis, and Teresa Rushe), Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Papers (2011)

Introduction. Auditory hallucinations exist in psychotic disorders as well as the general population. Proneness to...

 
Does intravenous delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol increase dopamine release? A SPET study (with Paul Morrison, D Vuletic, John Dickson, Peter Ell, Lyn Pilowsky, Rudolf Brenneisen, David Holt, John Powel, Shitij Kapur, and Robin Murray), Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Papers (2011)

Intravenous (IV) Delt 9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) induces transient psychotic symptoms in healthy subjects and in schizophrenic...

 
Evaluation of state and trait biomarkers in healthy volunteers for the development of novel drug treatments in schizophrenia (with Ivan Koychev, Ulrich Ettinger, Simon Killcross, Jonathan P. Roiser, Lawrence Wilkinson, and Bill Deakin), Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Papers (2011)

Antipsychotic drugs are the mainstay of treatment for schizophrenia but they have little effect on...

 
Distress and metacognition in psychosis prone individuals: comparing high schizotypes to the at-risk mental state (with John Stirling, Paul French, Anthony Morrison, Richard Bentall, and Shon Lewis), Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Papers (2010)

Both schizotypy and at-risk mental states (ARMS: prodromal states) define individuals at risk for psychotic...

 

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Ecstasy (MDMA) and its relationship with self report depression, anxiety and schizotypy (with Lisa Woods), Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Papers (2010)

Abstract. Aims: The relationship between ecstasy and affective psychological symptoms are still subject to debate....

 
Substance use in adolescence and psychosis: clarifying the relationship (with Robin Murray), Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Papers (2010)

Adolescence is a time of exploration of the self, and this exploration may involve the...

 

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Suggestibility, dissociation and positive schizotypy (with John Stirling and John Cavill), Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Papers (2010)

Abstract. 94 participants, drawn from a parent sample of 1206 individuals who had previously taken...

 

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Cannabis-induced psychotic-like experiences are predicted by high schizotypy. Confirmation of preliminary results in a large cohort. (with John Stirling, L Nabosi, S Irshad, G Roemer, B Schreudergoidheijt, and Shon Lewis), Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Papers (2008)

Background: Cannabis use has been identified as a possible risk factor for developing schizophrenia. In...

 

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Personality and cannabis use, Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Papers (2008)

Cannabis is one of the most widely used illegal substances in the world. Its use...

 

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Schizotypy and psychosis-like experiences from recreational cannabis in a non-clinical sample (with Shon Lewis), Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Papers (2008)

Background. The relationship between cannabis use and psychosis is still a matter for debate. Accounting...

 
Cognitive and neural processes in non-clinical auditory hallucinations (with John Stirling, Richard Hopkins, Shane Mckie, and Shon Lewis), Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Papers (2007)

BACKGROUND: The nosological status of auditory hallucinations in non-clinical samples is unclear. AIMS: To investigate...

 
Hallucination proneness, schizotypy and meta-cognition (with John Stirling and Shon Lewis), Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Papers (2007)

Disordered or maladaptive meta-cognitive processing appears to be a prominent feature for some individuals with...

 

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Cannabis-induced psychosis-like experiences are associated with high schizotypy (with John Stirling, Richard Hopkins, and Shon Lewis), Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Papers (2006)

OBJECTIVE: Recent studies have suggested that cannabis use is a risk factor for developing schizophrenia....

 
The presence of neurological soft signs along the psychosis proneness continuum (with John Stirling, Richard Hopkins, and Shon Lewis), Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Papers (2006)

Neurological soft signs have been observed in patients with schizophrenia and their relatives. However, it...

 

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Understanding and Using Advanced Statistics (with Jeremy Foster and Christian Yavorsky), Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Papers (2006)

The spread of sophisticated computer packages and the machinery on which to run them has...

 

Contributions to Books

Research methods used in clinical and forensic psychology, Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Papers (2010)