Dissociation in patients with non-affective psychosis: Prevalence, symptom associations, and maintenance factors.

ABSTRACT: Dissociation is problematic in its own right for patients with psychosis but may also contribute to the occurrence of psychotic experiences. We therefore set out to estimate in a large cohort of patients with psychosis the prevalence of dissociative experiences, and assess using network models the relationships between dissociation, its potential maintenance mechanisms, and mental health symptoms. 902 patients with non-affective psychosis attending UK mental health services participated. Both an undirected model and a partially directed network model were estimated to identify potential relationships between 'felt sense of anomaly' dissociative experiences, paranoia, hallucinations, psychological wellbeing, sleep, and six potential maintenance mechanisms (affect intolerance, perseverative

SUBMITTER: Cernis E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8765411 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature