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First episode psychosis

Guest Editors:
Shuichi Suetani: Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research, Australia
Wei Wang: Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway



BMC Psychiatry welcomed submissions to our Collection focusing on first episode psychosis. Since psychosis is often a sign of a serious mental condition, investigating the phases, causes, effects, and management of its first instances in individuals has garnered a lot of attention. Aside from having a significant effect on the patient, early psychosis can be frightening and affect those close to the person experiencing it. For that reason, it is important to provide a platform that accommodates a wide variety of research on the topic.


Meet the Guest Editors

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Shuichi Suetani: Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research, Australia

Dr. Shuichi Suetani is a community psychiatrist and Associate Professor at Griffith University in Queensland, Australia. Alongside his psychiatry training, Shuichi completed a PhD exploring the epidemiological relationships between physical activity and mental disorders. He has also obtained the Australasian Society of Lifestyle Medicine Fellowship. Shuichi is Associate Editor for Therapeutic Advances in Psychopharmacology and Deputy Editor for Australasian Psychiatry. He also sits on the Editorial Board of BMC Psychiatry as well as on the Advisory Board of the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry.


Wei Wang: Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Dr. Wei Wang is Professor of Personality Psychology at Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway. His research interests cover the investigation of personality traits, emotions, dreams, and neurocognitive processes at cerebral and brainstem levels. His clinical interests cover personality disorders, bipolar I and II disorders, and schizophrenia and the like.


 


About the collection

BMC Psychiatry welcomed submissions to our Collection focusing on first episode psychosis. Since psychosis is often a sign of a serious mental condition, investigating the causes, effects, and management of its first instances has garnered a lot of attention. Aside from having a significant effect on the patient, early psychosis can be frightening and affect those close to the person experiencing it. For that reason, it was important to provide a platform that accommodates a wide variety of research on the topic.

By launching this collection, we hoped to cover the relevant research related to first episode psychosis. The aim of this issue was to cover a wide variety of topics, which can focus on patients that had their first psychotic episode, and the caregivers (friends, family, and partners) tending to them. 

The collection broadly covers, but is not limited to, questions such as:

    • What are the causes of first episode psychosis? Answers can include the cultural, or environmental factors leading to psychosis. Furthermore, authors can delve into the issue of personal vulnerability (personality), or emotional control that might be related to the topic.
    • What are the consequences of early psychosis? Amongst other things, we are happy to publish submissions on social harmony, daily-family affairs, and the stigma related to aspects surrounding first episode psychosis.
    • How to efficiently manage first episode psychosis? We are happy to consider submissions on different ways to manage early psychosis such as: immediate attention (early diagnosis), proper non-medication treatment, and restructuring of buffering/resilience.


Authors are not required to exclusively discuss causes, consequences, and the management of first episode psychosis. Submissions can delve into other topics that are related to the collection.

BMC Psychiatry accepts submissions in the form of research articles, reviews, case reports, and meta-analyses, among others.


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  1. Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a common psychiatric disorder worldwide. Psychotic depression has been reported to be frequently under-diagnosed due to poor recognition of psychotic features. Therefore, the...

    Authors: Yuxuan Wu, Xueli Zhao, Zhe Li, Ruchang Yang, Ruijie Peng, Yue Zhou, Xingzhi Xia, Hanxu Deng, Xiaobin Zhang, Xiangdong Du and Xiangyang Zhang
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2024 24:66
    Content type: Research Published on:

  2. Studies to date examining cortical thickness and surface area in young individuals At Risk Mental State (ARMS) of developing psychosis have revealed inconsistent findings, either reporting increased, decreased...

    Authors: Paul E. Rasser, Tim Ehlkes and Ulrich Schall
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2024 24:33
    Content type: Research Published on:

  3. Identifying the characteristic neurobiological changes of early psychosis is helpful for early clinical diagnosis. However, previous studies on the brain electrophysiology of children and adolescents with psyc...

    Authors: Yaru Zhang, Tingyu Yang, Yuqiong He, Fanchao Meng, Kun Zhang, Xingyue Jin, Xilong Cui and Xuerong Luo
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2023 23:743
    Content type: Research Published on:

  4. Literature has typically associated delusional disorder with a poorer prognosis relative to schizophrenia, without considering the confounding effect of age despite the differential age of onset. This study th...

    Authors: Christy Lai Ming Hui, Evie Wai Ting Chan, Priscilla Wing Man Hui, Tiffany Junchen Tao, Elise Chun Ning Ho, Bertha Sze Ting Lam, Sally Hiu Wah See, Yi Nam Suen, Wing Chung Chang, Sherry Kit Wa, Edwin Ho Ming Lee and Eric Yu Hai Chen
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2023 23:676
    Content type: Research Published on:

  5. Hyperglycemia and metabolic syndrome (MetS) are common in patients with major depressive disorder (MDD). This study aimed to explore the prevalence and clinical factors of MetS in first-episode and drug-naïve ...

    Authors: Siyang Zheng, Zhiyang Wang, Limin Yang and Xiangyang Zhang
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2023 23:649
    Content type: Research Published on:

  6. Patients suffering from schizophrenia are at a higher risk of relapse. The perception of the risk of relapse in patients is critical for relapse prevention. In the field of psychiatry, the study of risk percep...

    Authors: Hong Yu, Yu-jing Sun, Meng-nan Qin, Jia-xin Ren, Kai Yu, Jin Song, Yu-qiu Zhou and Li Liu
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2023 23:582
    Content type: Research Published on:

  7. Psychosis treatment guidelines recommend cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) and family intervention (FI), for all patients with first episode psychosis (FEP), though guidance borrows heavily from literature in ...

    Authors: M. O. Husain, A. B. Khoso, T. Kiran, N. Chaudhry, M. I. Husain, M. Asif, M. Ansari, A. H. Rajput, S. Dawood, H. A. Naqvi, A. T. Nizami, Z. Tareen, J. Rumi, S. Sherzad, H. A. Khan, M. R. Bhatia…
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2023 23:444
    Content type: Study Protocol Published on:

  8. The limited available data suggest that the prevalence of problem gambling is increased among young adults with first-episode psychosis, possibly due in part to several risk factors for problem gambling that a...

    Authors: Olivier Corbeil, Manuel Soulard, Maxime Huot-Lavoie, Laurent Béchard, Émilien Fournier, Sébastien Brodeur, Anne-Marie Essiambre, Charles Desmeules, Chantale Thériault, Amal Abdel-Baki, Christian Jacques, Isabelle Giroux, Michel Dorval, Marc-André Roy and Marie-France Demers
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2023 23:287
    Content type: Study Protocol Published on:

Submission Guidelines

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This Collection welcomed submission of Research Articles. Before submitting your manuscript, please ensure you have read our submission guidelines. Articles for this Collection should be submitted via our submission system, Snapp. During the submission process you will be asked whether you are submitting to a Collection, please select "First Episode Psychosis" from the dropdown menu.

Articles will undergo the journal’s standard peer-review process and are subject to all of the journal’s standard policies. Articles will be added to the Collection as they are published.

The Guest Editors have no competing interests with the submissions which they handle through the peer review process. The peer review of any submissions for which the Guest Editors have competing interests is handled by another Editorial Board Member who has no competing interests.