Multimodal Hallucinations in Muslim Patients with Severe Psychotic Disorders: The Entity Experience Revisited.

INTRODUCTION: In biomedicine, entity experiences are conceptualised as compound hallucinations featuring living beings. The term "experience" suggests that these have an objective basis in reality, as…

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Lim, A., Hoek, H. W., & Blom, J. D. (2026). Multimodal Hallucinations in Muslim Patients with Severe Psychotic Disorders: The Entity Experience Revisited.. Psychopathology, 59(1), 12-22. https://doi.org/10.1159/000548607

Contrasting diversification patterns across wood rushes from Luzula sect. Luzula (Juncaceae) revealed by 3RAD genome-wide sequencing.

Among the different mechanisms triggering diversification processes, chromosomal rearrangements that generate karyotypic changes are common in plants. Luzula (Juncaceae) is among the few angiosperm ge…

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Carrizo, G. a. r. c. Ă. ­. a. . C., Heimer, V., Schönswetter, P., Varotto, C., Frajman, B., & Li, M. (2026). Contrasting diversification patterns across wood rushes from Luzula sect. Luzula (Juncaceae) revealed by 3RAD genome-wide sequencing.. Mol Phylogenet Evol, 214, 108455. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2025.108455

Cross-cultural comparison of the performance on the Five-Point test between highly educated comparable samples of Argentina and South Africa.

OBJECTIVE: The study aimed to carry out a cross-cultural analysis by comparing Five-Point test scores for two different countries. The Five-Point test measures design fluency, an executive function, a…

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Fernandez, A. L., & Truter, S. (2026). Cross-cultural comparison of the performance on the Five-Point test between highly educated comparable samples of Argentina and South Africa.. Appl Neuropsychol Adult, 33(2), 322-327. https://doi.org/10.1080/23279095.2024.2352500

"I think there is a certain worm that disturbs the head": Community perspectives and care pathways for psychosis in Malawi.

Psychosis remains a significant global health challenge, with people in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) like Malawi disproportionately impacted. Yet, little is known about community perspecti…

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Chasweka, D., Chidzalo, K., Sibande, W., Kokota, D., Udedi, M., Pickersgill, M., Hanlon, C., Lawrie, S. M., Manda-Taylor, L., & Jain, S. (2026). "I think there is a certain worm that disturbs the head": Community perspectives and care pathways for psychosis in Malawi.. PLOS Ment Health, 3(5), e0000604. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmen.0000604

Small-cell carcinoma of the cervix with acute-onset psychotic symptoms associated with clinically diagnosed ectopic ACTH production: a case report.

Small-cell carcinoma of the cervix (SCCC) is a rare and highly aggressive histological subtype of cervical cancer, associated with poor prognosis. SCCC is histologically classified as a neuroendocrine…

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Ozaki, K., Fujino, J., Niimi, K., Iwata-Endo, K., Otsuka, N., Kobayashi, T., Yoshida, K., Mogi, K., Yoshihara, M., Nagao, Y., Tamauchi, S., Yokoi, A., Yoshikawa, N., & Kajiyama, H. (2026). Small-cell carcinoma of the cervix with acute-onset psychotic symptoms associated with clinically diagnosed ectopic ACTH production: a case report.. Front Oncol, 16, 1684861. https://doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2026.1684861

The Implementation of Early Intervention Initiatives for Psychosis in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Case Study.

Psychosis is a serious mental illness, with onset in adolescence and young adulthood. Few early intervention for psychosis (EIP) programs exist in the Global South, where most of the world's youth liv…

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Valle, R., Velez, C., & Iyer, S. N. (2026). The Implementation of Early Intervention Initiatives for Psychosis in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Case Study.. PLOS Glob Public Health, 6(3), e0005531. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0005531

Lived experiences of auditory verbal hallucinations in a Northern Tanzania mental health clinic and implications for intervention adaptation.

Hearing distressing voices is a strong signal of potential mental health concerns and can lead to negative outcomes. Evidence-based practices to address distressing voice-hearing developed in western …

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Myers, N. A. L., Shimizu, T., & Mihiret, M. (2026). Lived experiences of auditory verbal hallucinations in a Northern Tanzania mental health clinic and implications for intervention adaptation.. Glob Ment Health (Camb), 13, e34. https://doi.org/10.1017/gmh.2026.10142

Mapping potential community resources and care pathways for earlier identification and recovery-oriented intervention for people with psychosis in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

BACKGROUND: There is a pressing need to reduce the long duration of untreated illness and improve care and outcomes for people with psychosis in Ethiopia. This study aimed to map community resources t…

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Tsehay, M., Kelkile, T. S., Fekadu, W., Cohen, A., Misganaw, E., & Hanlon, C. (2026). Mapping potential community resources and care pathways for earlier identification and recovery-oriented intervention for people with psychosis in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.. PLoS One, 21(2), e0297891. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0297891

Stakeholders' perceptions of recovery from psychosis in Blantyre, Malawi: Definitions, goals, and interventions.

Goals for recovery from psychosis are perceived differently among those who have been directly impacted by the illness: people with lived experience, caregivers, community members, and those providing…

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Zumazuma, A., Morrison, A. M., Nyirongo, P., Mtonga, I., Chienda, J., Tikhiwa, H. A., Mortensen, H., Gaynes, B. N., Stockton, M. A., Kramer, J., Chiliza, B., Pence, B. W., & Kulisewa, K. (2026). Stakeholders' perceptions of recovery from psychosis in Blantyre, Malawi: Definitions, goals, and interventions.. PLOS Ment Health, 3(1), e0000451. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmen.0000451

The distinctive psychopathology of NMDAR-antibody encephalitis compared with primary psychoses: an international, multicentre, retrospective phenotypic analysis.

BACKGROUND: N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR)-antibody encephalitis is a life-threatening neuropsychiatric disorder requiring prompt immunotherapy. The earliest features are mental-state changes, …

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Al-Diwani, A., Theorell, J., Zghoul, T., Voruganti, A., Townsend, L., De, G. i. o. r. g. i. . R., Griffin, B., Bajorek, T., Okai, D., Lennox, B., Leite, M. I., Kim, C. Y., Coughlin, A., Martin, K., Glassberg, B., Lachner, C., Westerbeek, N., Bergink, V., Thakur, K. T., … Irani, S. R. (2026). The distinctive psychopathology of NMDAR-antibody encephalitis compared with primary psychoses: an international, multicentre, retrospective phenotypic analysis.. Lancet Psychiatry, 13(1), 47-61. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366(25)00305-0

Who Are People with Psychosis Delusional about? A Study of Social Agents in the Phenomenology of Delusions.

INTRODUCTION: Delusions frequently involve strong beliefs about, or interactions with, illusory social agents. Although such agents have been systematically described in hallucinations, few studies ha…

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Pappa, E., Raihani, N., & Bell, V. (2026). Who Are People with Psychosis Delusional about? A Study of Social Agents in the Phenomenology of Delusions.. Psychopathology, 59(1), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1159/000548611

How did Johann Christian Reil feel the insular cortex? as a seat of mind.

Johann Christian Reil was the first to coin the term "psychiatry" in 1808, prior to that he had proposed (), which is interpreted as referring to the integrated information of all senses and emotions…

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Nagai, M., & Kato, S. (2026). How did Johann Christian Reil feel the insular cortex? as a seat of mind.. J Hist Neurosci, 35(1), 38-54. https://doi.org/10.1080/0964704X.2025.2495948