Experiences of felt presence in first episode psychosis

Ben Alderson Day; Peter Moseley; Angela Woods; Guy Dodgson; Stephanie Common; Charles Fernyhough

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Experiences of felt presence in first episode psychosis

Ben Alderson Day^*, Peter Moseley, Angela Woods, Guy Dodgson, Stephanie Common, Charles Fernyhough

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Felt presence (FP) – sensing another person without clear sensory evidence – has been described in psychosis for over a century but rarely studied due to challenges in recognition and assessment. Recently FP has been identified as a transdiagnostic phenomenon and highlighted by people with lived experience of psychosis as a clinical priority. Here we describe FP presentation in a first-episode psychosis sample and report preliminary associations with affect, gender, and psychopathology.

Original language	English
Article number	143
Pages (from-to)	1-3
Number of pages	3
Journal	Schizophrenia
Volume	11
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41537-025-00690-2
Publication status	Published - 26 Nov 2025

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