Table 1.
Frequency of psychotic-like symptoms
| PSQ domain | Weighted positive endorsement | Number of respondents (unweighted) |
|---|---|---|
|
Hypomania |
|
|
| Over the past year, have there been times when you felt very happy without a break for days on end? |
10.7% |
128 |
| Was there an obvious reason for this? (No) |
7.5% |
89 |
| Did your relatives or friends think it was strange or complain about it? |
0.2% |
2 |
|
Thought insertion |
|
|
| Over the past year, have you ever felt that your thoughts were directly interfered with or controlled by some outside force or person? |
6.5% |
78 |
| Did this come about in a way that many people would find hard to believe, for instance through telepathy? |
3.4% |
41 |
|
Paranoia |
|
|
| Over the past year, have there been times when you felt people were against you? |
18.4% |
223 |
| Have there been times when you felt that people were deliberately acting to harm you or your interests? |
9.3% |
112 |
| Have there been times when you felt that a group of people were plotting to cause you serious harm or injury? |
5.4% |
65 |
|
Strange experiences |
|
|
| Over the past year, have there been times when you felt that something strange was going on? |
8.1% |
97 |
| Did you feel it was so strange that other people would find it very hard to believe? |
5.4% |
65 |
|
Hallucinations |
|
|
| Over the past year, have there been times when you heard or saw things that other people couldn’t? |
4.3% |
52 |
| Did you at any time hear voices saying quite a few words or sentences when there was no-one around that might account for it? |
2.5% |
30 |
|
Any psychotic symptom (yes to one or more probe questions) |
29.7% |
363 |
| Met criteria based on secondary question(s) | 12.3% | 150 |