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. 2012 Dec 18;12:229. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-12-229

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