Table 1.
Psychosis Screening Questionnaire item | Number (%) | |
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Hypomania | ||
Introductory question | Have there been times when you felt very happy indeed without a break for days on end? | 20 (32.8) |
First key question | Was there an obvious reason for this? | 6 (9.8) |
Second key question | Did your relatives or friends think it was strange or complain about it? | 8 (13.1) |
Thought insertion | ||
Introductory question | Have you ever felt that your thoughts were directly interfered with or controlled by some outside force or person? | 24 (39.3) |
First key question | Did this come about in a way that many people would find it hard to believe, e.g. through telepathy? | 16 (26.2) |
Paranoia | ||
Introductory question | Have there been times when you felt that people were against you? | 27 (44.3) |
First key question | Have there been times when you felt that people were deliberately acting to harm you or your interests? | 28 (45.9) |
Second key question | Have there been times when you felt that a group of people was plotting to cause you serious injury or harm? | 26 (43.3) |
Strange experiences | ||
Introductory question | Have there been times when you felt that something strange was going on? | 24 (43.3) |
First key question | Did you feel it was so strange that other people would find it very hard to believe? | 19 (31.2) |
Hallucinations | ||
Introductory question | Have there been times when you heard or saw things that other people couldn’t? | 26 (43.3) |
First key question | Did you at any time hear voices saying quite a few words or sentences when there was no one around who might account for it? | 28 (46.7) |
Any psychotic symptom | 45 (76.4) | |
Yes to any introductory question | 41 (68.3) | |
Yes to first key question | 38 (64.4) | |
Yes to key question(s) highest levela | 37 (61.7) |
aSecond key question for hypomania or paranoia, or first key question for the other symptoms