Inez Myin-Germeys

Susceptibility to depression expressed as alterations in cortisol day curve: a cross-twin, cross-trait study (2008)

Myin-Germeys, Inez, Jacobs, Nele, Kenis, Gunter, ...

OBJECTIVE: To examine, using a cross-twin cross-trait design, the hypotheses 1) that the genetic and environmental susceptibility to depression is expressed, in part, as alterations in cortisol day...

Evidence that the COMT(Val158Met) polymorphism moderates sensitivity to stress in psychosis: an experience-sampling study (2008)

Henquet, Cécile, Rosa, Araceli, Papiol, Sergi, Fananás, Lourdes, ...

Gene-environment interactions involving the catechol-O-methyltransferase Val(158)Met polymorphism (COMT(Val158Met)) have been implicated in the causation of psychosis. Evidence from general...

Psychosocial Stress and Psychosis. A Review of the Neurobiological Mechanisms and the Evidence for Gene-Stress Interaction (2008)

Van Winkel, Ruud, Stefanis, Nicholas C., Myin-Germeys, Inez

This article presents evidence suggesting that psychosocial stress may increase risk for psychosis, especially in the case of cumulative exposure. A heuristically useful framework to study the...

Premorbid IQ as a predictor for the course of IQ in first onset patients with schizophrenia: A 10-year follow-up study (2006)

Myin-Germeys, Inez, Delespaul, Philippe, Van Os, Jim

The aim of the present study was to examine the longitudinal course of IQ and its heterogeneity in patients with schizophrenia, from the perspective of the two main "subtypes" of schizophrenia...

Genes making one feel blue in the flow of daily life: a momentary assessment study of gene-stress interaction (2006)

Rijsdijk, Fruhling, Delespaul, Phillipe, Van Os, Jim, ...

OBJECTIVE: Individual differences in stress reactivity constitute a crucially important mechanism of risk for depression. Because stress can be conceptualized as the continuous occurrence of minor...

Data Gathering: Biased in Psychosis? (2006)

Van Dael, Frank, Versmissen, Dagmar, Janssen, Ilse, Myin-Germeys, Inez, Van Os, Jim, Krabbendam, Lydia

This study examined whether the probabilistic reasoning bias referred to as a “jumping-to-conclusions” (JTC) style of reasoning, which, according to previous research, is associated with...

Data Gathering: Biased in Psychosis? (2005)

Van Dael, Frank, Versmissen, Dagmar, Janssen, Ilse, Myin-Germeys, Inez, Van Os, Jim, Krabbendam, Lydia

This study examined whether the probabilistic reasoning bias referred to as a "jumping-to-conclusions" (JTC) style of reasoning, which, according to previous research, is associated with particular...

Data Gathering: Biased in Psychosis? (2005)

Van Dael, Frank, Versmissen, Dagmar, Janssen, Ilse, Myin-Germeys, Inez, Van Os, Jim, Krabbendam, Lydia

This study examined whether the probabilistic reasoning bias referred to as a "jumping-to-conclusions" (JTC) style of reasoning, which, according to previous research, is associated with particular...

When Does Experience of Psychosis Result in a Need for Care? A Prospective General Population Study (2003)

Bak, Maarten, Myin-Germeys, Inez, Hanssen, Manon, Bijl, Rob, Vollebergh, Wilma, Delespaul, Philippe, ...

Not all individuals with experience of psychosis develop a need for care. The present study investigated differences in coping strategies and associated levels of perceived control over psychotic...

Schizophrenia Patients Are More Emotionally Active Than Is Assumed Based on Their Behavior (2000)

Myin-Germeys, Inez, DeVries, Marten W.

Flat affect is a core symptom of schizophrenia. To date, researchers have focused primarily on emotional expression. Only recently has the emotional experience of patients with schizophrenia been...

Data Gathering: Biased in Psychosis?

Van Dael, Frank, Versmissen, Dagmar, Janssen, Ilse, Myin-Germeys, Inez, Van Os, Jim, Krabbendam, Lydia

This study examined whether the probabilistic reasoning bias referred to as a “jumping-to-conclusions” (JTC) style of reasoning, which, according to previous research, is associated with...

Does the Concept of “Sensitization” Provide a Plausible Mechanism for the Putative Link Between the Environment and Schizophrenia?

Collip, Dina, Myin-Germeys, Inez, Van Os, Jim

Previous evidence reviewed in Schizophrenia Bulletin suggests the importance of a range of different environmental factors in the development of psychotic illness. It is unlikely, however, that the...

Psychosocial Stress and Psychosis. A Review of the Neurobiological Mechanisms and the Evidence for Gene-Stress Interaction

Van Winkel, Ruud, Stefanis, Nicholas C., Myin-Germeys, Inez

This article presents evidence suggesting that psychosocial stress may increase risk for psychosis, especially in the case of cumulative exposure. A heuristically useful framework to study the...