
Caroline WüstenHamburg University | UHH · Department of Psychology
Caroline Wüsten
Doctor of Psychology
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Introduction
Psychotic experiences and family factors across different countries
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October 2014 - present
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It has been proposed that stigmatizing attitudes toward a family member with schizophrenia are less prevalent in low- and middle-income countries (LAMIC) than in high-income countries (HIC). Furthermore, studies from HIC have shown that labeling increases certain aspects of stigma. This raises concerns about an export of this Western psychiatric la...
Background:
The prevalence of psychotic experiences (PEs) is higher in low-and-middle-income-countries (LAMIC) than in high-income countries (HIC). Here, we examine whether this effect is explicable by measurement bias.
Methods:
A community sample from 13 countries (N = 7141) was used to examine the measurement invariance (MI) of a frequently us...
Psychotic experiences (PEs) are common in the general population but do not necessarily reflect a risk status if they occur in relative isolation or are not distressing. Emerging evidence suggests that PEs might be experienced as more benign for individuals from collectivistic low-and middle-income countries (LAMIC) compared with individ-ualistic h...
For decades, researchers have attributed the better prognosis of psychosis in developing countries to a host of socio-cultural factors, including family functioning. Nevertheless, it is unknown whether family functioning and its association with symptoms differ across countries. This study assessed family functioning (support, satisfaction with fam...
Although paranoid thoughts occur frequently in the population, most people do not develop clinically relevant delusions. The main purpose of the study was to explore whether participants without a mental disorder will respond in a more functional way to paranoid thoughts and be more flexible in their cognitive processes than patients with clinicall...
Background
Assessment of users' information and decision-making needs is one key step in the development of decision-support interventions.Objective
To identify patients' information and decision-making needs as a pre-requisite for the development of high-quality web-based patient decision aids (PtDAs) for common mental disorders.Search strategyA s...