Georg Juckel

TL;DR: The importance of first rank symptoms of schizophrenia may indeed be scaled down to a degree that the occurrence of a single FRS alone should not suffice to diagnose schizophrenia, but, on the other hand, absence of FRS should be regarded as a warning sign that the diagnosis of schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder is not warranted and requires specific care to rule out other causes.

TL;DR: The pre-depressive prodrome lasted longer than the pre-manic one, but severity and frequency did not differ significantly, and links between mood swings and subsequent BD were found.

TL;DR: Associations between cortisol parameters, platelet serotonin (5-HT) content, and platelet activity markers in patients with newly diagnosed major depression and/or Type 2 diabetes compared with healthy controls are examined to suggest group differences in cortisol or 5-HT as well as group-specific associations of cortisol or 4-HT with platelet markers might be of limited importance in the shared pathways of T2DM and depression.

TL;DR: The study underlines the need for regionally adapted implementation of early detection and intervention programs within respective mental health and health care networks, including enhancing public awareness of early psychosis.

TL;DR: Arguments are presented for the hypothesis that the stimulus-intensity dependence of the auditory-evoked N1/P2 component may be a noninvasive indicator of behaviorally relevant aspects of central serotonergic activity.