The Search for Environmental Mechanisms Underlying the Expression of Psychosis: Introduction

Jim van Os; Ulrich Reininghaus; Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg

doi:10.1093/schbul/sbw178

The Search for Environmental Mechanisms Underlying the Expression of Psychosis: Introduction

Schizophr Bull. 2017 Mar;43(2):283-286. doi: 10.1093/schbul/sbw178. Epub 2016 Dec 29.

Authors

Jim van Os^{1

2}, Ulrich Reininghaus^{1

3}, Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
² Psychosis Studies Department, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College, London, UK.
³ Centre for Epidemiology and Public Health, Health Service and Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK.
⁴ Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Central Institute of Mental Health, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany.

Abstract

In this themed issue, a number of articles are presented that investigate environmental mechanisms in psychotic disorder. Below, we describe some of the challenges associated with this research, in terms of phenotypic definition, the nature of environmental impact and associated design and measurement issues.

Keywords: environment; mechanisms; psychosis.

Grants and funding

EP-C-13-022/EPA/EPA/United States