Developmental Aspects of Schizotypy and Suspiciousness: a Review.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose of the review

This review identifies the early developmental processes that contribute to schizotypy and suspiciousness in adolescence and adulthood. It includes the most recent literature on these phenomena in childhood.

Recent findings

The early developmental processes that affect schizotypy and paranoia in later life are complex. In contrast to existing studies of psychiatric patients and clinical/nonclinical adult populations, the study of schizotypy and suspiciousness in young children and adolescents is possible due to new child-appropriate dimensional assessments. New assessments and the advancement of technology (e.g., virtual reality in mental health) as well as statistical modeling (e.g., mediation and latent-class analyses) in large data have helped identi

SUBMITTER: Wong KK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5857559 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature