Audrey Francoeur

TL;DR: This meta-review revealed that apps for anxiety and depression hold great promise with clear clinical advantages, either as stand-alone self-management or as adjunctive treatments.

TL;DR: Modelling the etiology and known risk and protective factors of initial psychotic symptoms and symptomatic relapses in schizophrenia found moderate to strong research evidence was found for childhood adversity, cannabis, methamphetamine abuse, and expressed emotions as triggers of psychotic relapse or as linked to the onset of psychotic symptoms.

TL;DR: A need for greater communication and assistance in the areas of intimacy and sexuality for persons with psychotic disorders is highlighted, and a need for better access to resources such as dating skills and couples therapy programs as well as more consumer-oriented research is needed.

TL;DR: In this paper, a pilot study offered group cognitive-behavioural therapy for psychosis via videoconferencing to 14 individuals with early psychosis either living in remote areas or confined during the COVID-19 pandemic.

TL;DR: The idea that metacognition deficits are related to negative symptoms and point to the potential of metacognitive interventions to positively influence negative symptoms are supported.