Relationship between executive function, attachment style, and psychotic like experiences in typically developing youth

Psychotic like experiences (PLE's) are common in the general population, particularly during adolescence, which has generated interest in how PLE's emerge, and the extent to which they reflect either risk for, or resilience to, psychosis. The “attachment-developmental-cognitive” (ADC) model is one effort to model the effect of risk factors on PLEs. The ADC model proposes attachment insecurity as an early environmental insult that can contribute to altered neurodevelopment, increasing the likelihood of PLE's and psychosis.

Source: Schizophrenia Research - March 3, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Melanie A. Blair, George Nitzburg, Pamela DeRosse, Katherine H. Karlsgodt Source Type: research