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“We have been brought together as a group by our common interest in the basic symptoms concept that we feel is at the crossroads of the biology, psychology and subjective experience of vulnerability to psychosis. Importantly, basic symptoms can be studied developmentally and, as a phenomenological construct, it has a huge potential to better understand unfolding psychosis. Thus beyond its scientific value, it carries a clear, unique clinical value for practitioners and patients. Furthermore, the subjective character of basic symptoms offers the opportunity to create more sophisticated and adaptive assessments, using contemporary (web-based) technologies and can ultimately contribute to the development of preventive as well as rehabilitative strategies.”

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Martin Debbané, A. / Prof., PhD

Developmental Clinical Psychology Research Unit, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
Research Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, University College London, London, UK

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Jochen Kindler, A. / Prof., MD

University Hospital of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Früherkennungs- und Therapiezentrum für psychische Krisen Bern (FETZ Bern), Bern, Switzerland

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Chantal Michel, PhD

University Hospital of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Früherkennungs- und Therapiezentrum für psychische Krisen Bern (FETZ Bern), Bern, Switzerland
Developmental Clinical Psychology Research Unit, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

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Andrea Raballo, A. / Prof., MD, PhD

Psychopathology and Development Research, Department of Psychology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway

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Stephan Ruhrmann, Prof., MD

Bonner Behandlungszentrum für Psychische Gesundheit, Bonn, Germany

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Hanna Schneegans, MD

Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
Früherkennungs- und Therapiezentrum für psychische Krisen (FETZ), Cologne, Germany

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Stefanie Schmidt, PhD

University Hospital of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

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Frauke Schultze-Lutter, A. / Prof., PhD

Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany

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Anastasia  Theodoridou, MD

Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, University Hospital of Psychiatry, Zurich, Switzerland

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Peter Uhlhaas, PhD

Institute of Neuroscience and Psychology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK

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Stephen Wood, Prof., PhD

The National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health, Orygen, Melbourne, Australia
School of Psychology, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK

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