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Schizophrenia and Psychosis

Psychosis research including prodromal detection, cognitive remediation, and antipsychotic mechanisms.

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PubMed records indexed
17,462
Published in last 5 years
7,622
Active NIH grants
938
NIH funding
$84M

Publication volume by year

  • 366821
  • 318922
  • 298323
  • 308924
  • 298325
  • 155026

Under-studied questions

Derived from the indexed PubMed literature and NIH funding record for this topic. Verify each cited paper before relying on a gap in an application.

  • Reliance on cross-sectional designs in schizophrenia and psychosis research

    Tentative

    Across the 28 most recent NIH-indexed schizophrenia and psychosis articles analyzed, 2 (7%) explicitly surface this issue in their own title or abstract. A recurring, self-reported constraint at this rate is a concrete opening rather than a general complaint.

    Evidence

    Detected in 2 of 28 abstracts (7%) by matching the language authors themselves use to describe study limitations. Counts come from cached PubMed records, not from an interpretation of them.

    Possible dissertation angle

    Design a longitudinal follow-up that measures the same constructs at multiple timepoints so temporal ordering can actually be established.

    Sources (2)

    Derived from 28 PubMed records and 938 active NIH grants.

  • Dependence on self-report measures in schizophrenia and psychosis research

    Tentative

    Across the 28 most recent NIH-indexed schizophrenia and psychosis articles analyzed, 2 (7%) explicitly surface this issue in their own title or abstract. A recurring, self-reported constraint at this rate is a concrete opening rather than a general complaint.

    Evidence

    Detected in 2 of 28 abstracts (7%) by matching the language authors themselves use to describe study limitations. Counts come from cached PubMed records, not from an interpretation of them.

    Possible dissertation angle

    Pair the standard self-report battery with an objective or behavioral index and quantify how much the two diverge.

    Sources (2)

    Derived from 28 PubMed records and 938 active NIH grants.

  • Declining publication activity in schizophrenia and psychosis

    Moderately supported

    Annual PubMed output for Schizophrenia and Psychosis is trending down by roughly 11% per year. Declining areas are sometimes genuinely resolved, but more often attention has moved on while open questions remain — worth checking which of the two applies here.

    Evidence

    Least-squares trend across yearly PubMed counts: 2021: 3668, 2022: 3189, 2023: 2983, 2024: 3089, 2025: 2983, 2026: 1550.

    Possible dissertation angle

    Audit what was actually settled versus abandoned in this literature, and target a question that was dropped for practical rather than scientific reasons.

    Sources (4)

    Derived from 28 PubMed records and 938 active NIH grants.

  • Review coverage without recent trials

    Tentative

    The recent schizophrenia and psychosis sample analyzed contains 6 reviews or meta-analyses but no randomized or clinical trials. When synthesis outpaces primary intervention work, the practical questions usually remain untested.

    Evidence

    Publication-type tags on cached PubMed records: 6 review/meta-analysis, 0 trials, out of 28 articles analyzed.

    Possible dissertation angle

    Design a small, well-powered pilot trial on the intervention question these reviews repeatedly identify as untested.

    Sources (5)

    Derived from 28 PubMed records and 938 active NIH grants.

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