2023
Sampling from different populations: Sociodemographic, clinical, and functional differences between samples of first episode psychosis individuals and clinical high-risk individuals who progressed to psychosis
Hagler M, Ferrara M, Yoviene Sykes L, Li F, Addington J, Bearden C, Cadenhead K, Cannon T, Cornblatt B, Perkins D, Mathalon D, Seidman L, Tsuang M, Walker E, Powers A, Allen A, Srihari V, Woods S. Sampling from different populations: Sociodemographic, clinical, and functional differences between samples of first episode psychosis individuals and clinical high-risk individuals who progressed to psychosis. Schizophrenia Research 2023, 255: 239-245. PMID: 37028205, PMCID: PMC10207144, DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2023.03.047.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFirst-episode psychosis servicesClinical high riskClinical high-risk individualsEarly detectionFirst-episode psychosis individualsRecent psychiatric hospitalizationCourse of illnessHigh-risk individualsAttenuated positive symptomsCHR researchGeographic catchmentSyndromal psychosisPsychosis individualsPsychiatric hospitalizationEarly intervention effortsHigh riskPsychosis servicesPositive symptomsGlobal functioningClinical resourcesProtective factorsDifferent populationsFE participantsGeneralizability of findingsFES program
2022
A computational lens on menopause-associated psychosis
Fisher VL, Ortiz LS, Powers AR. A computational lens on menopause-associated psychosis. Frontiers In Psychiatry 2022, 13: 906796. PMID: 35990063, PMCID: PMC9381820, DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.906796.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEstrogen declinePsychotic symptomsNew-onset psychosisPathogenesis of psychosisPsychotic episodeNeural pathwaysSymptom presentationAge groupsImpair functioningProtective factorsPsychosisRisk periodSymptomsPatient-specific pathwaysDisease statesEarly adulthoodBiological correlatesNeural mechanismsEstrogenSex differencesEpisodesLatent stateExtreme distressMenopausePathogenesis
2016
Varieties of Voice-Hearing: Psychics and the Psychosis Continuum
Powers AR, Kelley MS, Corlett PR. Varieties of Voice-Hearing: Psychics and the Psychosis Continuum. Schizophrenia Bulletin 2016, 43: 84-98. PMID: 28053132, PMCID: PMC5216860, DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbw133.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPsychotic disordersSerious mental illnessVoice-hearing experiencesControl subjectsStudy populationProminent symptomContinuum of psychosisTreatment of voiceMental illnessProtective factorsPatientsNew study populationPsychosis continuumHelp-seeking groupDisordersHallucinatory experiencesVoice hearingSubjectsAuditory messagesVoice hearersPopulationSymptomsIllnessPsychosisDisease