Prevalence of psychotic-like experiences in young adults with social anxiety disorder and correlation with affective dysregulation.

Social anxiety disorder (SAD) is associated with psychotic-like experiences (PLEs) and is a frequent diagnosis in the prodromal phases of psychosis. We investigated whether psychopathological factors could discriminate which subjects with SAD are more likely to develop PLEs. A sample of 128 young adults with SAD was split into two subsamples according to the presence of clinically relevant PLEs.

[Emerging mental disorders in a community sample of young adults in Italy: help-seeking in a Generalist Community Mental Health setting].

Aim: Delays in the admission to care of young adults with emerging mental disorders represent one of the current major concern in psychiatry. This delay, often experienced in clinical practice, has several determinants. One of these is "unexpressed help-seeking" that is influenced by cultural and historical backgrounds and by the characteristics of the disorder itself, but most of all by the way community mental health services are developed.

[Subtypes of psychotic-like experiences in a community sample of young adults: socio-demographic correlates and substance use].

Aim: This study aimed to investigate if particular psychotic-like experiences (PLEs) subtypes were more likely to be associated with a series of socio-demographic variables, with alcohol abuse and with cannabis or illicit drug use. The idea is to further characterize different PLEs subtypes in order to discloud their individual nature.

Methods: A cross-sectional design was conducted on a sample of 997 university students aged between 19 and 26 years, which belonged to 4 faculties of 2 different universities.

Psychotic experience subtypes, poor mental health status and help-seeking behaviour in a community sample of young adults.

Background: Different subtypes of psychotic experiences (PEs) have been identified in clinical and non-clinical samples. Researchers have considered these PEs to either be variations of personality or expressions of vulnerability to psychotic disorder. This study aimed to determine which particular subtypes of PEs were more likely to be associated with poor mental health status and help-seeking behaviour in a non-clinical sample of young adults.