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Hirsig A, Häfeli XA, Schmidt SJ. Efficacy of a transdiagnostic Internet prevention approach in adolescents (EMPATIA study): study protocol of a randomized controlled trial. Trials 2024; 25:530. [PMID: 39118136 PMCID: PMC11308397 DOI: 10.1186/s13063-024-08241-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2024] [Accepted: 06/10/2024] [Indexed: 08/10/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Most mental disorders have their onset in adolescence. Preventive interventions during this period are important; however, help-seeking behavior is generally poor in this age group resulting in low treatment rates. Internet interventions are expected to be an effective, low-threshold, and scalable approach to overcome barriers to help-seeking, particularly for individuals experiencing subclinical symptoms. Internet-delivered indicated prevention seems promising as it targets individuals with minimal symptoms of mental disorders who might need care but are not help-seeking yet. Previous indicated prevention-approaches have mainly targeted specific risk-syndromes. However, this contradicts the increasing recognition of emerging psychopathology as a complex system characterized by co-occurrence and rapid shifts of subclinical symptoms cutting across diagnostic categories. Therefore, this study will investigate the efficacy, mediators, moderators, and core symptomatic changes of a transdiagnostic Internet-delivered indicated prevention program (EMPATIA program) for adolescents. METHODS This randomized controlled trial (RCT) will be conducted in a general population sample (planned n = 152) of adolescents aged 12-18 years with subclinical symptoms but without any current or past mental disorder. Participants will be randomly assigned to the EMPATIA program or a care as usual (CAU) control condition. The 8-week guided EMPATIA program encompasses 8 modules targeting the following transdiagnostic mechanisms: repetitive negative thinking, self-perfectionism, emotion regulation, intolerance of uncertainty, rejection sensitivity, and behavioral avoidance. Participants will be asked to answer online self-report questionnaires at baseline, after 8 weeks, and at 6-, 9-, and 12-month follow-up. Diagnostic telephone interviews will be conducted at baseline and at 12-month follow-up. Additionally, intervention-specific constructs (motivation, alliance, negative effects, satisfaction, adherence) will be assessed during and after the EMPATIA program. The level of self-reported general psychopathology post-intervention is the primary outcome. DISCUSSION Results will be discussed considering the potential of Internet interventions as a scalable, low-threshold option for indicated prevention in adolescents experiencing subclinical symptoms. The EMPATIA program introduces a novel Internet prevention program targeting six transdiagnostic mechanisms associated with various mental health outcomes. Thereby, this trial pursues a very timely and important topic because it may contribute to narrow the current care gap for adolescents, to prevent mental health problems and related negative consequences, and to promote mental health in the long-term. TRIAL REGISTRATION The trial was approved by Swissmedic (Registration Number: 10001035, 08/22/2022) and the Ethics Committee of Bern (Registration Number: 2022-D0036, 08/22/2022). The trial was registered at ClinicalTrials.gov NCT05934019 on 07-03-2023.
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- Anja Hirsig
- Division of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, University of Bern, Fabrikstrasse 8, Bern, 3012, Switzerland.
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- Division of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, University of Bern, Fabrikstrasse 8, Bern, 3012, Switzerland
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- Division of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, University of Bern, Fabrikstrasse 8, Bern, 3012, Switzerland
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de Jong Y, Boon AE, Mulder CL, van der Gaag M. Do help-seeking adolescents report more psychotic-like experiences than young adults on the 16-item version of the prodromal questionnaire (PQ-16)? Early Interv Psychiatry 2024. [PMID: 39092558 DOI: 10.1111/eip.13597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2023] [Revised: 06/29/2024] [Accepted: 07/10/2024] [Indexed: 08/04/2024]
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AIM To compare psychotic-like experiences (PLEs) in adolescents and young adults referred to the Mental Health Services (MHSs). METHODS Participants scored the 16-item Prodromal Questionnaire (PQ-16) as part of the intake procedure. Data on the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) classification and demographic data were collected. RESULTS The PQ-16 was completed by 13 783 respondents (mean age 24.63 years, SD = 6.09; 62.6% female). Overall, the scores on the PQ-16 were not higher for adolescents (11-17 years; m = 4.84, SD = 3.62) than for young adults (18-35 years; m = 5.47, SD = 3.85). On PQ-16 item level, adolescents reported seeing and hearing things more than adults did. Across all age groups, males scored lower on the PQ-16 than females. Specifically, adolescent males scored lower than other participants. For adolescents and young adults alike, PQ-16 scores were higher for participants with borderline personality disorder, PTSD, and mood disorder than for those with other DSM classifications. CONCLUSIONS Although help-seeking adolescents did not score higher on the PQ-16 than help-seeking young adults, more of them reported perceptual anomalies. Irrespective of age, participants with borderline personality disorder, PTSD and mood disorder scored higher on the PQ-16 than those with other DSM classifications.
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- Yvonne de Jong
- Youz Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Parnassia Psychiatric Institute, Rotterdam and The Hague, The Netherlands
- Department of Psychiatry, Epidemiological and Psychiatric Research institute, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Youz Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Parnassia Psychiatric Institute, Rotterdam and The Hague, The Netherlands
- LUMC Curium-Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Youz Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Parnassia Psychiatric Institute, Rotterdam and The Hague, The Netherlands
- Department of Psychiatry, Epidemiological and Psychiatric Research institute, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Psychology, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Cecerska-Heryć E, Polikowska A, Serwin N, Michalczyk A, Stodolak P, Goszka M, Zoń M, Budkowska M, Tyburski E, Podwalski P, Waszczuk K, Rudkowski K, Kucharska-Mazur J, Mak M, Samochowiec A, Misiak B, Sagan L, Samochowiec J, Dołęgowska B. The importance of oxidative biomarkers in diagnosis, treatment, and monitoring schizophrenia patients. Schizophr Res 2024; 270:44-56. [PMID: 38851167 DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2024.05.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2023] [Revised: 05/13/2024] [Accepted: 05/26/2024] [Indexed: 06/10/2024]
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INTRODUCTION The etiology of schizophrenia (SCZ), an incredibly complex disorder, remains multifaceted. Literature suggests the involvement of oxidative stress (OS) in the pathophysiology of SCZ. OBJECTIVES Determination of selected OS markers and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in patients with chronic SCZ and those in states predisposing to SCZ-first episode psychosis (FP) and ultra-high risk (UHR). MATERIALS AND METHODS Determination of OS markers and BDNF levels by spectrophotometric methods and ELISA in 150 individuals (116 patients diagnosed with SCZ or in a predisposed state, divided into four subgroups according to the type of disorder: deficit schizophrenia, non-deficit schizophrenia, FP, UHR). The control group included 34 healthy volunteers. RESULTS Lower activities of analyzed antioxidant enzymes and GSH and TAC concentrations were found in all individuals in the study group compared to controls (p < 0.001). BDNF concentration was also lower in all groups compared to controls except in the UHR subgroup (p = 0.01). Correlations were observed between BDNF, R-GSSG, GST, GPx activity, and disease duration (p < 0.02). A small effect of smoking on selected OS markers was also noted (rho<0.06, p < 0.03). CONCLUSIONS OS may play an important role in the pathophysiology of SCZ before developing the complete clinical pattern of the disorder. The redox imbalance manifests itself with such severity in individuals with SCZ and in a state predisposing to the development of this psychiatric disease that natural antioxidant systems become insufficient to compensate against it completely. The discussed OS biomarkers may support the SCZ diagnosis and predict its progression.
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- Elżbieta Cecerska-Heryć
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Pomeranian Medical University of Szczecin, 70-111 Szczecin, Poland.
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Pomeranian Medical University of Szczecin, 70-111 Szczecin, Poland
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Pomeranian Medical University of Szczecin, 70-111 Szczecin, Poland
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- Department of Psychiatry, Pomeranian Medical University of Szczecin, 71-460 Szczecin, Poland
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Pomeranian Medical University of Szczecin, 70-111 Szczecin, Poland
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Pomeranian Medical University of Szczecin, 70-111 Szczecin, Poland
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Pomeranian Medical University of Szczecin, 70-111 Szczecin, Poland
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- Department of Analytical Medicine, Pomeranian Medical University of Szczecin, 70-111 Szczecin, Poland
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- Department of Health Psychology, Pomeranian Medical University, 71-460 Szczecin, Poland
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- Department of Psychiatry, Pomeranian Medical University of Szczecin, 71-460 Szczecin, Poland
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- Department of Psychiatry, Pomeranian Medical University of Szczecin, 71-460 Szczecin, Poland
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- Department of Psychiatry, Pomeranian Medical University of Szczecin, 71-460 Szczecin, Poland
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- Department of Psychiatry, Pomeranian Medical University of Szczecin, 71-460 Szczecin, Poland
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- Department of Health Psychology, Pomeranian Medical University, 71-460 Szczecin, Poland
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- Department of Psychiatry, Division of Consultation Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Wroclaw Medical University, 50-368 Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Pomeranian Medical University, 71-252 Szczecin, Poland
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- Department of Psychiatry, Pomeranian Medical University of Szczecin, 71-460 Szczecin, Poland
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Pomeranian Medical University of Szczecin, 70-111 Szczecin, Poland
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Catalano F, Leuci E, Quattrone E, Palmisano D, Pellegrini P, Pupo S, Menchetti M, Pelizza L. Clinical high risk for psychosis and service disengagement: Incidence and predictors across 2 years of follow-up. Early Interv Psychiatry 2024. [PMID: 39034609 DOI: 10.1111/eip.13599] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2024] [Revised: 07/05/2024] [Accepted: 07/10/2024] [Indexed: 07/23/2024]
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BACK: Service disengagement is common in subjects at CHR-P (clinical high risk for psychosis), potentially worsening daily functioning and increasing the duration of untreated psychosis. That is why to identify baseline predictors of service disengagement could help better tailoring follow-up on every CHR-P individual. AIMS Since there are few studies on this topic, the goals of this examination were: (1) to calculate service disengagement rates in a CHR-P sample along 2-years of follow-up; and (2) to examine the most relevant predictive factors of disengagement at baseline. METHODS All young CHR-P participants were enrolled within the 'Parma At-Risk Mental States' (PARMS) protocol. At entry, the Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) scale and the positive and negative syndrome scale (PANSS) were completed. Cox regression analyses were used. RESULTS Hundred and eighty CHR-P subjects were recruited in this examination. During the follow-up, a 2-year service disengagement prevalence rate of 15% was observed. A statistically robust predictive factor of service disengagement was a lower prescription of antidepressant drug at entry. Other relevant baseline predictive factors were migrant status, higher GAF score, lower levels of anxious-depressive symptoms and a lower acceptance of psychosocial interventions. DISCUSSION Baseline presence of anxious-depressive features in CHR-P individuals could favour engagement to specialized EIP services. However, implementing strategies to improve patients' motivation and involvement in care are needed.
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- Fabio Catalano
- Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Mental Health, Azienda USL di Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Department of Mental Health, Azienda USL di Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Pain Therapy Service, Department of Medicine and Surgery, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
- Department of Mental Health, Azienda USL di Parma, Parma, Italy
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Pelizza L, Leuci E, Quattrone E, Azzali S, Pupo S, Paulillo G, Menchetti M, Pellegrini P. Adverse outcome analysis in people at clinical high risk for psychosis: results from a 2-year Italian follow-up study. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 2024; 59:1177-1191. [PMID: 38091031 DOI: 10.1007/s00127-023-02597-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2022] [Accepted: 11/20/2023] [Indexed: 06/15/2024]
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PURPOSE Since January 2016, the Parma Department of Mental Health (in Italy) developed a specialized care program for Early Intervention (EI) in individuals at Clinical High Risk for Psychosis (CHR-P). As unfavorable outcomes other than transition to psychosis were not systematically reported in the current literature (thereby compromising more sophisticated prognostic stratifications), the aims of this research were (1) to investigate adverse outcome indicators (i.e., service disengagement, psychosis transition, hospitalization, prolonged functioning impairment, prolonged persistence of CHR-P criteria, suicide attempts) in an Italian CHR-P population enrolled within a specialized EI service across a 2-year follow-up period, and (2) to examine their relevant associations with sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of the CHR-P total sample at baseline. METHODS All participants were young CHR-P help-seekers aged 12-25 years. They completed the "Comprehensive Assessment of At-Risk Mental States" (CAARMS) and the Health of the Nation Outcome Scale (HoNOS). Both univariate and multivariate Cox regression analyses were performed. RESULTS 164 CHR-P individuals were enrolled in this study. Across the follow-up, 30 (18.0%) dropped out the EI program, 23 (14%) transitioned to psychosis, 24 (14.6%) were hospitalized, 23 (14%) had a prolonged persistence of CHR-P criteria and 54 (47%) showed prolonged impairment in socio-occupational functioning. CONCLUSION As almost half of our participants did not functionally remit over time, sustained clinical attention for young CHR individuals people should be offered in the longer term, also to monitor unfavorable outcomes and to improve long-term prognosis.
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- Lorenzo Pelizza
- Department of Mental Health and Pathological Addiction, Azienda USL di Parma, Parma, PR, Italy.
- Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, Istituto di Psichiatria "Paolo Ottonello", "Alma Mater Studiorum"-Università di Bologna, Via Pepoli, 5, 40126, Bologna, BO, Italy.
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- Department of Mental Health and Pathological Addiction, Azienda USL di Parma, Parma, PR, Italy
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- Department of Mental Health and Pathological Addiction, Azienda USL di Parma, Parma, PR, Italy
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- Department of Mental Health and Pathological Addiction, Azienda USL-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, RE, Italy
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- Pain Therapy Service, Department of Medicine and Surgery, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Parma, Parma, PR, Italy
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- Department of Mental Health and Pathological Addiction, Azienda USL di Parma, Parma, PR, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, Istituto di Psichiatria "Paolo Ottonello", "Alma Mater Studiorum"-Università di Bologna, Via Pepoli, 5, 40126, Bologna, BO, Italy
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- Department of Mental Health and Pathological Addiction, Azienda USL di Parma, Parma, PR, Italy
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Wang F, Huang ZH, Ye Y, He XY, Wang SB, Jia FJ, Hou CL. Genome-wide association exploratory studies in individuals with ultra-high risk for schizophrenia in Chinese Han nationality in two years follow-up: A subpopulation study. Asian J Psychiatr 2024; 97:104071. [PMID: 38810489 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajp.2024.104071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2024] [Revised: 04/27/2024] [Accepted: 05/11/2024] [Indexed: 05/31/2024]
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BACKGROUND Although ultra-high risk for schizophrenia (UHR) is related to both genetic and environment factors, the precise pathogenesis is still unknow. To date, few studies have explored the Genome-Wide Association Studies (GWAS) in UHR or HR individuals especially in Han population in China. METHODS In this study, a GWAS analysis for 36 participants with UHR and 43 with HR were performed, and all deletion variations in 22q11 region were also compared. RESULTS Sixteen individuals with UHR (44.4%) and none with HR converted into schizophrenia in follow-up after two years. Six loci including neurexin-1(NRXN1) (rs1045881), dopamine D1 receptor (DRD1) (rs686, rs4532), chitinase-3-like protein 1 (CHI3L1) (rs4950928), velocardiofacial syndrome (ARVCF) (rs165815), dopamine D2 receptor (DRD2) (rs1076560) were identified higher expression with significant difference in individuals converted into schizophrenia after two years. The Family with Sequence Similarity 230 Member H (FAM230H) gene in the 22q11 region were also found high expression in UHR group. CONCLUSIONS Further expansion of sample size and validation studies are needed to explore the pathogenesis of these risk loci in UHR conversion into schizophrenia in the future.
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- Fei Wang
- Guangdong Mental Health Center, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital (Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences), Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510080, China
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- Guangdong Mental Health Center, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital (Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences), Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510080, China
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- Guangdong Mental Health Center, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital (Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences), Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510080, China
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- Wuxi Mental Health Center, Jiangsu Province 214151, China
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- Guangdong Mental Health Center, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital (Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences), Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510080, China
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- Guangdong Mental Health Center, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital (Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences), Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510080, China
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- Guangdong Mental Health Center, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital (Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences), Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510080, China.
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Carroll D, Wales M, Rintell LS, Hojlo M, Gonzalez-Heydrich J, Berbert L, Fitzpatrick M, D'Angelo E, Reed MP. Burden Experienced by Primary Caregivers of Children With Psychotic Disorders and at Clinical High Risk for Psychosis. J Am Psychiatr Nurses Assoc 2024; 30:518-531. [PMID: 36475411 DOI: 10.1177/10783903221141883] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND Despite the existing research exploring caregiver burden in adult psychosis, few studies have examined the experience of providing care to children diagnosed with psychotic disorders (PDs) and those identified as having clinical high risk for psychosis (CHR-P). AIM This study measured the level of burden in caregivers of children with PD and CHR-P and examined associated risk factors, including social support, caregiver-child relationship, severity of illness, and frequency of psychiatric hospitalizations. METHODS A total of 56 caregivers completed validated measures and provided demographic information. Measures included the Zarit Burden Interview, the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support, the Behavior Assessment System for Children, Third Edition, Parenting Relationship Questionnaire-Child and Adolescent Form (BASC-3 PRQ-CA), and the Clinical Global Impression-Severity scale. RESULTS The majority of caregivers were women (86%), mothers (84%), White (63%), married (66%), working full-time (50%), college-educated (79%), and whose mean age was 45.7 years (SD = 8.09). Nearly half of the caregivers (45%) reported a high level of caregiver burden, 39% rated their burden in the mild to moderate range, and 16% reported little to no burden. There was no significant difference in mean burden between PD and CHR-P groups. Higher caregiver burden was associated with lower levels of social support (r = -.408, p = .002), lower levels of parenting confidence (r = -.514, p < .001), higher levels of relational frustration (r = .612, p < .001), and higher severity of illness (r = .316 p = .025). CONCLUSIONS These findings underscore the critical unmet need for support for caregivers of children with PD and CHR-P. Applications to clinical practice are discussed.
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- Devon Carroll
- Devon Carroll, PMHNP-BC, MSN, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; University of Rhode Island, Providence, RI, USA
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- Meghan Wales, RN, BA, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Margaret Hojlo, BA, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Joseph Gonzalez-Heydrich, MD, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Laura Berbert, MS, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Molly Fitzpatrick, MA, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; William James College, Newton, MA, USA
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- Eugene D'Angelo, PhD, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Mary P. Reed, PhD, RN, ANP, CNRN, NEA-BC, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Livingston NR, De Micheli A, McCutcheon RA, Butler E, Hamdan M, Grace AA, McGuire P, Egerton A, Fusar-Poli P, Modinos G. Effects of Benzodiazepine Exposure on Real-World Clinical Outcomes in Individuals at Clinical High Risk for Psychosis. Schizophr Bull 2024:sbae036. [PMID: 38567823 DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbae036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/16/2024]
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BACKGROUND AND HYPOTHESIS Animal models indicate GABAergic dysfunction in the development of psychosis, and that benzodiazepine (BDZ) exposure can prevent the emergence of psychosis-relevant phenotypes. However, whether BDZ exposure influences real-world clinical outcomes in individuals at clinical high risk for psychosis (CHR-P) is unknown. STUDY DESIGN This observational cohort study used electronic health record data from CHR-P individuals to investigate whether BDZ exposure (including hypnotics, eg, zopiclone) reduces the risk of developing psychosis and adverse clinical outcomes. Cox proportional-hazards models were employed in both the whole-unmatched sample, and a propensity score matched (PSM) subsample. STUDY RESULTS 567 CHR-P individuals (306 male, mean[±SD] age = 22.3[±4.9] years) were included after data cleaning. The BDZ-exposed (n = 105) and BDZ-unexposed (n = 462) groups differed on several demographic and clinical characteristics, including psychotic symptom severity. In the whole-unmatched sample, BDZ exposure was associated with increased risk of transition to psychosis (HR = 1.61; 95% CI: 1.03-2.52; P = .037), psychiatric hospital admission (HR = 1.93; 95% CI: 1.13-3.29; P = .017), home visit (HR = 1.64; 95% CI: 1.18-2.28; P = .004), and Accident and Emergency department attendance (HR = 1.88; 95% CI: 1.31-2.72; P < .001). However, after controlling for confounding-by-indication through PSM, BDZ exposure did not modulate the risk of any outcomes (all P > .05). In an analysis restricted to antipsychotic-naïve individuals, BDZ exposure reduced the risk of transition to psychosis numerically, although this was not statistically significant (HR = 0.59; 95% CI: 0.32-1.08; P = .089). CONCLUSIONS BDZ exposure in CHR-P individuals was not associated with a reduction in the risk of psychosis transition or adverse clinical outcomes. Results in the whole-unmatched sample suggest BDZ prescription may be more likely in CHR-P individuals with higher symptom severity.
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- Nicholas R Livingston
- Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK
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- Early Psychosis: Interventions & Clinical-detection (EPIC) Lab, Department of Psychosis Studies, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK
- Outreach And Support in South London (OASIS) Service, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK
- Department of Psychosis Studies, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK
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- Department of Psychosis Studies, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK
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- Department of Psychosis Studies, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK
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- Department of Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK
- National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre (BRC), Oxford, UK
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- Department of Psychosis Studies, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK
- National Institute of Health Research (NIHR), Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre (BRC), South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Early Psychosis: Interventions & Clinical-detection (EPIC) Lab, Department of Psychosis Studies, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK
- Outreach And Support in South London (OASIS) Service, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
- Department of Brain and Behavioural Sciences, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
- National Institute of Health Research (NIHR), Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre (BRC), South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK
- MRC Centre for Neurodevelopmental Disorders, King's College London, London, UK
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Savill M, Loewy RL, Niendam TA, Porteus AJ, Rosenthal A, Gobrial S, Meyer M, Bolden KA, Lesh TA, Ragland JD, Carter CS. The diagnostic accuracy of screening for psychosis spectrum disorders in behavioral health clinics integrated into primary care. Schizophr Res 2024; 266:190-196. [PMID: 38422889 PMCID: PMC11140870 DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2024.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2023] [Revised: 01/29/2024] [Accepted: 02/10/2024] [Indexed: 03/02/2024]
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Screening for psychosis spectrum disorders in primary care could improve early identification and reduce the duration of untreated psychosis. However, the accuracy of psychosis screening in this setting is unknown. To address this, we conducted a diagnostic accuracy study of screening for psychosis spectrum disorders in eight behavioral health services integrated into primary care clinics. Patients attending an integrated behavioral health appointment at their primary care clinic completed the Prodromal Questionnaire - Brief (PQ-B) immediately prior to their intake assessment. This was compared to a diagnostic phone interview based on the Structured Interview for Psychosis Risk Syndromes (SIPS). In total, 145 participants completed all study procedures, of which 100 screened positive and 45 negative at a provisional PQ-B threshold of ≥20. The PQ-B was moderately accurate at differentiating psychosis spectrum from no psychosis spectrum disorders; a PQ-B distress score of ≥27 had a sensitivity and specificity of 71.2 % and 57.0 % respectively. In total, 66 individuals (45.5 %) met criteria for a psychosis spectrum disorder and 24 (16.7 %) were diagnosed with full psychosis, indicating a high prevalence of psychosis in the sample. Overall, screening for psychosis spectrum disorders in an IBH primary care setting identified a relatively high number of individuals and may identify people that would otherwise be missed. The PQ-B performed slightly less well than in population-based screening in community mental health settings. However, the findings suggest this may represent an effective way to streamline the pathway between specialty early psychosis programs and primary care clinics for those in need.
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- Mark Savill
- University of California, Davis, United States of America.
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- University of California, San Francisco, United States of America
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- University of California, Davis, United States of America
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- University of California, Davis, United States of America
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- University of California, Davis, United States of America
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- University of California, Davis, United States of America
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- University of California, Davis, United States of America
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Jonas KG, Cannon TD, Docherty AR, Dwyer D, Gur RC, Gur RE, Nelson B, Reininghaus U, Kotov R. Psychosis superspectrum I: Nosology, etiology, and lifespan development. Mol Psychiatry 2024; 29:1005-1019. [PMID: 38200290 DOI: 10.1038/s41380-023-02388-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2023] [Revised: 12/05/2023] [Accepted: 12/15/2023] [Indexed: 01/12/2024]
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This review describes the Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP) model of psychosis-related psychopathology, the psychosis superspectrum. The HiTOP psychosis superspectrum was developed to address shortcomings of traditional diagnoses for psychotic disorders and related conditions including low reliability, arbitrary boundaries between psychopathology and normality, high symptom co-occurrence, and heterogeneity within diagnostic categories. The psychosis superspectrum is a transdiagnostic dimensional model comprising two spectra-psychoticism and detachment-which are in turn broken down into fourteen narrow components, and two auxiliary domains-cognition and functional impairment. The structure of the spectra and their components are shown to parallel the genetic structure of psychosis and related traits. Psychoticism and detachment have distinct patterns of association with urbanicity, migrant and ethnic minority status, childhood adversity, and cannabis use. The superspectrum also provides a useful model for describing the emergence and course of psychosis, as components of the superspectrum are relatively stable over time. Changes in psychoticism predict the onset of psychosis-related psychopathology, whereas changes in detachment and cognition define later course. Implications of the superspectrum for genetic, socio-environmental, and longitudinal research are discussed. A companion review focuses on neurobiology, treatment response, and clinical utility of the superspectrum, and future research directions.
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- Katherine G Jonas
- Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Health, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA.
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- Department of Psychology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Huntsman Mental Health Institute, Department of Psychiatry, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Ludwig-Maximilian-University, Munich, Germany
- Centre for Youth Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Brain Behavior Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry and the Penn-CHOP Lifespan Brain Institute, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Brain Behavior Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry and the Penn-CHOP Lifespan Brain Institute, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Centre for Youth Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Public Mental Health, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
- ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health and Centre for Epidemiology and Public Health, Health Service and Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK
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- Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Health, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
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Rintell LS, Carroll D, Wales M, Gonzalez-Heydrich J, D'Angelo E. Heterogeneity of clinical symptomatology in pediatric patients at clinical high risk for psychosis. BMC Res Notes 2024; 17:88. [PMID: 38532408 DOI: 10.1186/s13104-024-06742-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2023] [Accepted: 03/08/2024] [Indexed: 03/28/2024] Open
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OBJECTIVE Widespread use of diagnostic tools like the Structured Interview for Prodromal Symptoms (SIPS) has highlighted that youth at Clinical High Risk for Psychosis (CHR-P) present with heterogeneous symptomatology. This pilot study aims to highlight the range of clinical characteristics of CHR-P youth, investigate the role of the non-positive (negative, disorganization, and general) symptoms in risk assessment, and determine if specific profiles are associated with severe symptomatology. METHODS 38 participants aged 7-18 were administered the SIPS and designated as CHR-P. Descriptive statistics and mean difference t-tests were used to describe the range in prevalence and severity of SIPS symptoms and to identify symptoms associated with greater overall symptomatology. RESULTS Participants who had a greater number of positive symptoms also had significantly more negative, disorganization, and general symptoms. A number of SIPS symptoms were associated with greater number of positive symptoms. CONCLUSION CHR-P youth represent a heterogeneous group, presenting with a wide range in clinical presentation as reflected in both the number of SIPS symptoms and their severity. Though the severity and duration of positive SIPS symptoms determines the CHR-P classification, high ratings on several of the other SIPS negative, disorganization, and general items may be useful indicators of elevated symptomatology.
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- L Sophia Rintell
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Boston Children's Hospital, 300 Longwood Ave, 02115, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Psychology, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, 3333 N Green Bay Rd., 60064, North Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Boston Children's Hospital, 300 Longwood Ave, 02115, Boston, MA, USA
- College of Nursing, University of Rhode Island, 350 Eddy St, 02903, Providence, RI, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Boston Children's Hospital, 300 Longwood Ave, 02115, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Boston Children's Hospital, 300 Longwood Ave, 02115, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, 401 Park Dr, 02215, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Boston Children's Hospital, 300 Longwood Ave, 02115, Boston, MA, USA.
- Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, 401 Park Dr, 02215, Boston, MA, USA.
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Husain MO, Chaudhry IB, Khoso AB, Foussias G, Shafique M, Shakoor S, Lane S, Abid M, Riaz M, Husain N, Qurashi I. Demographic and clinical correlates of suicidal ideation in individuals with at-risk mental state (ARMS): A study from Pakistan. Early Interv Psychiatry 2024; 18:132-139. [PMID: 37265199 DOI: 10.1111/eip.13444] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2022] [Revised: 05/05/2023] [Accepted: 05/19/2023] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND Suicide is a major public health concern and one of the leading causes of mortality worldwide. People with an at-risk-mental-state (ARMS) for psychosis are more vulnerable to psychiatric co-morbidity and suicide, however, there are limited data from low-middle-income countries. The present study aimed to identify the prevalence of depressive symptoms and suicidal ideation along with sociodemographic and clinical correlates of suicidal ideation in individuals with ARMS from Pakistan. METHOD Participants between the age of 16 and 35 years who met the criteria for ARMS based on the Comprehensive Assessment of At-Risk Mental State (CAARMS), were recruited from the community, general practitioner clinics and psychiatric units across Pakistan (n = 326). Montgomery and Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS) and Social-Occupational-Functional-Assessment-Scale (SOFAS) were administered to participants. RESULTS The prevalence of depressive symptoms and suicidal thoughts in the sample at baseline were 91.1% (n = 297) and 61.0% (n = 199), respectively. There were significant mean differences between groups (mean difference [95% CI]; p-value) without suicidal ideation and with suicidal ideation on measures of MADRS (-5.47 [-7.14, -3.81]; p < .001), CAARMS non-bizarre ideas (-0.29 [-0.47, -0.11]; p = .002) and perceptual abnormalities (-0.23 [-0.41, -0.04]; p = .015). CONCLUSION These findings indicate that suicidal ideation and depressive symptoms are highly prevalent in individuals with ARMS in Pakistan. Given the pivotal developmental stages that ARMS presents, and the poor outcomes associated with co-morbid depression, there is an urgent need to prioritize the development of low-cost and scalable evidence-based interventions to address psychiatric comorbidity and suicidality in the ARMS population in Pakistan.
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- M Omair Husain
- Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Psychiatry, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Psychology and Mental Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
- Department of Psychiatry, Ziauddin University, Karachi, Pakistan
- Pakistan Institute of Living and Learning, Karachi, Pakistan
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- Pakistan Institute of Living and Learning, Karachi, Pakistan
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- Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Psychiatry, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Pakistan Institute of Living and Learning, Karachi, Pakistan
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- Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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- Pakistan Institute of Living and Learning, Karachi, Pakistan
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- Pakistan Institute of Living and Learning, Karachi, Pakistan
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- Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust, Prescott, UK
- Institute of Population and Mental Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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- Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust, Prescott, UK
- Institute of Population and Mental Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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Clemmensen L, Kristensen TD, Wenneberg C, Rimvall MK, Nordentoft M, Glenthoej L. Brief rapport: Perceptual aberration in patients at ultra-high risk for psychosis. Early Interv Psychiatry 2024; 18:63-68. [PMID: 37257880 DOI: 10.1111/eip.13445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2022] [Revised: 05/11/2023] [Accepted: 05/19/2023] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND Ultra-high risk (UHR) is considered a forerunner of psychosis, but most UHR individuals do not later convert, yet remain symptomatic, disabled and help-seeking. Thus, there is an increased recognition of the UHR phenotype as a syndrome in itself, rather than merely a risk syndrome. It is therefore essential to investigate outcomes other than transition to psychosis. For this purpose, perceptual aberration appears to be a distinct, as well as a stable and less state-specific vulnerability indicator. We aimed to investigate perceptual aberration and associations with functional, neuro and social cognitive risk factors in an UHR sample. METHOD One hundred and twenty UHR and 64 healthy controls were compared on levels of perceptual aberration using the perceptual aberration scale. We further investigated cross-sectional associations between perceptual aberration and CAARMS (as a measure of subthreshold psychotic symptoms) and functional, neuro and social cognitive risk factors within the UHR using Spearmans ρ. RESULTS Perceptual aberration was significantly higher in UHR than in healthy controls and was associated with social functioning, executive functioning, and emotion recognition. CONCLUSION Our findings are consistent with a view of perceptual aberration as a stable vulnerability indicator that varies little with clinical state.
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- Lars Clemmensen
- Copenhagen Research Center on Mental Health, Copenhagen University Hospital, VIRTU Research Group, Hellerup, Denmark
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- Center for Neuropsychiatric Schizophrenia Research (CNSR) Mental Health Center, Copenhagen University Hospital, Glostrup, Denmark
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- Center for Neuropsychiatric Schizophrenia Research (CNSR) Mental Health Center, Copenhagen University Hospital, Glostrup, Denmark
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- Capital Region Mental Health Services Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Center, Hellerup, Denmark
- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Zealand University Hospital Roskilde, Psychiatry Region Zealand, Roskilde, Denmark
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- Copenhagen Research Center on Mental Health, Copenhagen University Hospital, Hellerup, Denmark
- Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Kobenhavn, Denmark
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- Copenhagen Research Center on Mental Health, Copenhagen University Hospital, VIRTU Research Group, Hellerup, Denmark
- Department of Psychology, University of Copenhagen, Kobenhavn, Denmark
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Li X, Lafit G, van Aubel E, Vaessen T, Hiekkaranta AP, Houben M, Beijer-Klippel A, de Haan L, Schirmbeck F, Reininghaus U, Myin-Germeys I. Emotion regulation in daily life in early psychosis: The role of contextual appraisals. Schizophr Res 2023; 261:130-138. [PMID: 37722209 DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2023.09.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2022] [Revised: 05/19/2023] [Accepted: 09/11/2023] [Indexed: 09/20/2023]
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BACKGROUND Little is known about whether and how contextual appraisals relate to emotion regulation (ER) strategy use across the ultra-high risk and first episode stages of psychosis. The present study extends previous research by investigating the extent to which different appraisal dimensions of the most negative and positive events of the day are associated with ER strategy use in individuals with ultra-high risk (UHR) and first-episode psychosis (FEP). METHOD Sixty-eight UHR individuals and fifty-five FEP individuals filled out an experience sampling evening questionnaire for six consecutive days, in which their appraisal of intensity, importance and perceived control concerning the most negative or positive event of the day, and the ER strategies they deploy in response to these events were measured. RESULTS Multilevel mixed effect models showed that intensity appraisal was most closely associated with ER strategy use, as opposed to importance and controllability appraisals. Higher intense negative events were associated with more rumination and social sharing, while less intense negative events were associated with more reappraisal. Higher intense positive events were associated with a greater number of deployed strategies and more efforts in using savoring, expression and social sharing. The UHR and FEP individuals did not significantly differ regarding effects of above-mentioned appraisal dimensions on ER. CONCLUSIONS These results provide evidence supporting ER flexibility in early psychosis, and event intensity emerged as the dimension most strongly associated with ER. Future research should better account for other situational factors (such as social context) that might affect ER use in psychosis.
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- Xu Li
- Department of Neurosciences, Psychiatry Research Group, Center for Contextual Psychiatry, KU Leuven, Leuven 3000, Belgium; School of Psychology, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China
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- Department of Neurosciences, Psychiatry Research Group, Center for Contextual Psychiatry, KU Leuven, Leuven 3000, Belgium; Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Research Group of Quantitative Psychology and Individual Differences, KU Leuven, Leuven 3000, Belgium
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- Department of Neurosciences, Psychiatry Research Group, Center for Contextual Psychiatry, KU Leuven, Leuven 3000, Belgium
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- Department of Neurosciences, Psychiatry Research Group, Center for Contextual Psychiatry, KU Leuven, Leuven 3000, Belgium; Center for eHealth and Well-being Research, Department of Psychology, Health, and Technology, University of Twente, Twente 7500 AE, the Netherlands
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- Department of Neurosciences, Psychiatry Research Group, Center for Contextual Psychiatry, KU Leuven, Leuven 3000, Belgium
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- Department of Neurosciences, Psychiatry Research Group, Center for Contextual Psychiatry, KU Leuven, Leuven 3000, Belgium; Department of Medical and Clinical Psychology, Tilburg University, 5037 AB Tilburg, the Netherlands
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- Department of Neurosciences, Psychiatry Research Group, Center for Contextual Psychiatry, KU Leuven, Leuven 3000, Belgium; Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, Maastricht 6229 GT, the Netherlands; Faculty of Psychology, Department of Lifespan Psychology, Open University, Heerlen 6419 AT, the Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam 1105 AZ, the Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam 1105 AZ, the Netherlands
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- Department of Public Mental Health, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim 68167, Germany; ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health and Centre for Epidemiology and Public Health, Health Service and Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London WC2R 2LS, UK
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- Department of Neurosciences, Psychiatry Research Group, Center for Contextual Psychiatry, KU Leuven, Leuven 3000, Belgium.
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Sardella A, Geraci A, Lenzo V, Poli LF, Rodolico A, Quattropani MC, Signorelli MS. Reflective functioning and dissociative experiences: A comparison study between adolescents at "high-risk" of psychosis and healthy controls. Health Psychol Res 2023; 11:88937. [PMID: 37915960 PMCID: PMC10617667 DOI: 10.52965/001c.88937] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2023] Open
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Background Despite the established contribution to psychological well-being in young subjects, the investigation of reflective functioning and dissociative experiences in help-seekers adolescents still appears an unmet need. Objective The study aimed to assess reflective functioning and dissociative symptoms in help-seekers adolescents, and compare them to gender-matched healthy controls. Methods The Reflecting Functioning Questionnaire (RFQ) was used to investigate mentalizing; the Adolescent Dissociative Experience Scale (A-DES) was used to explore dissociative symptoms. Results The study involved 102 adolescents (mean age 18.06 ± 1.78 years), split into "help-seekers" (N= 51; mean age 19 ± 1.98 years) and healthy controls (N= 51; mean age 17.12 ± 0.84). "Help-seekers" adolescents showed lower RFQ-certainty scores (mean 3.39 ± 2.47), compared to healthy controls (mean 6.73 ± 5.01). Furthermore, "help-seekers" adolescents reported higher scores on RFQ-uncertainty (mean 7.73 ± 4.38), compared to healthy controls (mean 5.14 ± 4.17), which indicates a greater lack of knowledge about mental states (hypomentalizing). Eventually, "help-seekers" adolescents showed significantly worse dissociative symptoms (A-DES total mean score 3.49 ± 2.04), compared to healthy controls (A-DES total mean score 2.06 ± 1.43). Conclusion The importance of an assessment in early adolescence denotes a topic of increasing concern, in order to identify failures in reflective functioning and the onset of dissociative experiences among help-seekers adolescents, toward the implementation of tailored psychological interventions.
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- Alberto Sardella
- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine University of Messina
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- Department of Social and Educational Sciences of the Mediterranean Area Università per Stranieri Dante Alighieri
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- Department of Educational Sciences University of Catania
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences University of Catania, University of Pavia
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences University of Catania, University of Pavia
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Awhangansi S, Okewole A, Archard PJ, O’Reilly M. Perspective on clinical high-risk for psychosis in Africa. Front Psychiatry 2023; 14:1226012. [PMID: 37743999 PMCID: PMC10514491 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1226012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2023] [Accepted: 08/29/2023] [Indexed: 09/26/2023] Open
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Clinical High Risk for Psychosis has evolved in recent years as a conceptual and clinical entity, representing a shift in focus from the syndromal psychosis state to a recognition of the pre-psychotic state as a period of potential preventive intervention. Much existing evidence has been generated from well-resourced countries, with a more limited body of literature available from Africa and other Majority World countries. Against a backdrop of prevailing systemic challenges, it is necessary to appraise the state of knowledge on Clinical High Risk for Psychosis in Africa. In this perspective article, we cover epidemiology, risk factors, predictors of psychosis conversion, as well as an overview of sociocultural factors, notably stigma, and the barriers to mental health services in African settings. We discuss existing and promising assessment approaches and reflect on preventive and early intervention strategies. We conclude with recommendations including the need for more clinical, longitudinal, and collaborative research anchored in an integrative transdisciplinary approach. We highlight the need for more culturally valid assessment tools and strategies to improve access to and utilization of services while also reducing stigma.
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- Neuropsychiatric Hospital Aro, Abeokuta, Nigeria
- Pembroke College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust, Leicester, United Kingdom
- University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom
- Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
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- Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust, Leicester, United Kingdom
- University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom
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Andreou C, Eickhoff S, Heide M, de Bock R, Obleser J, Borgwardt S. Predictors of transition in patients with clinical high risk for psychosis: an umbrella review. Transl Psychiatry 2023; 13:286. [PMID: 37640731 PMCID: PMC10462748 DOI: 10.1038/s41398-023-02586-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2022] [Revised: 08/03/2023] [Accepted: 08/14/2023] [Indexed: 08/31/2023] Open
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Diagnosis of a clinical high-risk (CHR) state enables timely treatment of individuals at risk for a psychotic disorder, thereby contributing to improving illness outcomes. However, only a minority of patients diagnosed with CHR will make the transition to overt psychosis. To identify patients most likely to benefit from early intervention, several studies have investigated characteristics that distinguish CHR patients who will later develop a psychotic disorder from those who will not. We aimed to summarize evidence from systematic reviews and meta-analyses on predictors of transition to psychosis in CHR patients, among characteristics and biomarkers assessed at baseline. A systematic search was conducted in Pubmed, Scopus, PsychInfo and Cochrane databases to identify reviews and meta-analyses of studies that investigated specific baseline predictors or biomarkers for transition to psychosis in CHR patients using a cross-sectional or longitudinal design. Non-peer-reviewed publications, gray literature, narrative reviews and publications not written in English were excluded from analyses. We provide a narrative synthesis of results from all included reviews and meta-analyses. For each included publication, we indicate the number of studies cited in each domain and its quality rating. A total of 40 publications (21 systematic reviews and 19 meta-analyses) that reviewed a total of 272 original studies qualified for inclusion. Baseline predictors most consistently associated with later transition included clinical characteristics such as attenuated psychotic and negative symptoms and functioning, verbal memory deficits and the electrophysiological marker of mismatch negativity. Few predictors reached a level of evidence sufficient to inform clinical practice, reflecting generalizability issues in a field characterized by studies with small, heterogeneous samples and relatively few transition events. Sample pooling and harmonization of methods across sites and projects are necessary to overcome these limitations.
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- Christina Andreou
- Translational Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Lübeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23562, Lübeck, Germany
- Center of Brain, Behavior, and Metabolism (CBBM), University of Lübeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23562, Lübeck, Germany
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- Translational Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Lübeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23562, Lübeck, Germany
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- Translational Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Lübeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23562, Lübeck, Germany
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- University Psychiatric Clinics Basel, Wilhelm Klein-Strasse 27, 4002, Basel, Switzerland
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- Center of Brain, Behavior, and Metabolism (CBBM), University of Lübeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23562, Lübeck, Germany
- Department of Psychology, University of Lübeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23562, Lübeck, Germany
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- Translational Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Lübeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23562, Lübeck, Germany.
- Center of Brain, Behavior, and Metabolism (CBBM), University of Lübeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23562, Lübeck, Germany.
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Livingston NR, De Micheli A, McCutcheon R, Butler E, Hamdan M, Grace AA, McGuire P, Egerton A, Fusar-Poli P, Modinos G. Effects of Benzodiazepine Exposure on Real-World Clinical Outcomes in Individuals at Clinical High-Risk for Psychosis. MEDRXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR HEALTH SCIENCES 2023:2023.08.15.23294108. [PMID: 37645948 PMCID: PMC10462200 DOI: 10.1101/2023.08.15.23294108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/31/2023]
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Background Animal models indicate GABAergic dysfunction in the development of psychosis, and that benzodiazepine (BDZ) exposure can prevent the emergence of psychosis-relevant phenotypes. However, whether BDZ exposure influences the risk of psychosis in humans is unknown. Methods This observational-cohort study used electronic health record data from 818 individuals at clinical high-risk for psychosis (CHR-P) to investigate whether BDZ exposure (including hypnotics e.g., zopiclone) reduces the risk of developing psychosis and adverse clinical outcomes. Cox proportional-hazards models were employed in both the whole-unmatched sample, and a propensity score matched (PSM) subsample. Results 567 CHR-P individuals were included after data cleaning (105 BDZ-exposed, 462 BDZ-unexposed). 306 (54%) individuals were male, and the mean age was 22.3 years (SD 4.9). The BDZ-exposed and BDZ-unexposed groups differed on several demographic and clinical characteristics, including psychotic symptom severity. In the whole-unmatched sample, BDZ exposure was associated with increased risk of transition to psychosis (HR=1.61; 95%CI:1.03-2.52; P=0.037), psychiatric hospital admission (HR=1.93; 95%CI:1.13-3.29; P=0.017), home visit (HR=1.64; 95%CI:1.18-2.28; P=0.004), and A&E attendance (HR=1.88; 95%CI:1.31-2.72; P<0.001). However, after controlling for confounding-by-indication through PSM, BDZ exposure did not modulate the risk of any outcomes (all P>0.05). In analysis restricted to antipsychotic-naïve individuals, BDZ exposure reduced the risk of transition to psychosis at trend-level (HR=0.59; 95%CI:0.32-1.08; P=0.089). Conclusions BDZ exposure in CHR-P individuals was not associated with a reduction in the risk of psychosis transition or other adverse clinical outcomes. Results in the whole-unmatched sample suggest BDZ prescription may be more likely in CHR-P individuals with higher symptom severity.
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- Nicholas R. Livingston
- Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King’s College London, London, UK
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- Department of Psychosis Studies, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King’s College London, London, UK
- OASIS Service, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Department of Psychosis Studies, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King’s College London, London, UK
- Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Psychosis Studies, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King’s College London, London, UK
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- Department of Psychosis Studies, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King’s College London, London, UK
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- Departments of Neuroscience, Psychiatry and Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Psychosis Studies, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King’s College London, London, UK
- Department of Neuroimaging, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King’s College London, London, UK
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- Department of Psychosis Studies, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King’s College London, London, UK
- OASIS Service, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
- Department of Brain and Behavioural Sciences, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King’s College London, London, UK
- MRC Centre for Neurodevelopmental Disorders, King’s College London, London, UK
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Shadowen N, Meehan Z, Webb C, Fowles T, Beveridge R. Early intervention in youth psychosis: Novel approaches to understanding change. Psychiatry Res 2023; 326:115269. [PMID: 37331067 DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2023.115269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2022] [Revised: 05/25/2023] [Accepted: 05/27/2023] [Indexed: 06/20/2023]
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Untreated psychosis in adolescents and young adults is associated with significant and progressive impairment. Early intervention to provide support and treatment for those at risk of psychosis is essential. Several early intervention models have been developed for those at-risk and those who are victims of a recent episode - including the Portland Identification and Early Referral model (PIER; McFarlane, 2001). This study extends previous work demonstrating a variety of positive treatment outcomes achieved by PIER in the context of a large-scale implementation across the state of Delaware. The sample included 108 youth and young adults who were either at risk for psychosis or had already experienced a first episode within the past two years. Participants received the PIER treatment model and were followed from baseline to six months after they were discharged from treatment. Researchers predicted that PIER participants would experience an increase in functioning and a decrease in positive psychosis symptoms. Change over time was examined through the lens of two analytic techniques: the Reliable Change Index (RCI) analyses and Growth Curve Modeling (GCM). Results show improvement on a number of outcomes over the course of the intervention as expected. Clinical implications, limitations, and suggestions for further research are discussed.
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- Noel Shadowen
- University of Delaware, Center for Training Evaluation and Community Collaboration, 210 South College Avenue, Newark, DE 19716; Skyline Psychotherapy & Assessment Services, PLLC, Philadelphia, PA.
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- University of Delaware, Center for Training Evaluation and Community Collaboration, 210 South College Avenue, Newark, DE 19716
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- Office of Evidence-Based Practices, Division of Prevention and Behavioral Health Services, 1825 Faulkland Road, Wilmington, DE 19805
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- University of Delaware, Center for Training Evaluation and Community Collaboration, 210 South College Avenue, Newark, DE 19716
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- University of Delaware, Center for Training Evaluation and Community Collaboration, 210 South College Avenue, Newark, DE 19716
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Conchon C, Sprüngli-Toffel E, Alameda L, Edan A, Bailey B, Solida A, Plessen KJ, Conus P, Kapsaridi A, Genoud D, Crameri A, Jouabli S, Caron C, Grob C, Gros J, Senn S, Curtis L, Liso Navarro A, Barbe R, Nanzer N, Herbrecht E, Huber CG, Micali N, Armando M, Borgwardt S, Andreou C. Improving Pathways to Care for Patients at High Psychosis Risk in Switzerland: PsyYoung Study Protocol. J Clin Med 2023; 12:4642. [PMID: 37510757 PMCID: PMC10380609 DOI: 10.3390/jcm12144642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2023] [Revised: 06/29/2023] [Accepted: 06/30/2023] [Indexed: 07/30/2023] Open
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AIMS Psychotic disorders are one of the main causes of chronic disability in young people. An at-risk mental state (ARMS) is represented by subclinical symptoms that precede the first episode of psychosis (FEP). The PsyYoung project aims to optimize the detection of an ARMS while reducing unnecessary psychiatric treatments. It investigates the effects of service changes on the referrals and outcomes of young people with ARMS or a FEP. METHODS Six psychiatric outpatient clinics in three cantons (Basel-Stadt, Vaud, and Geneva) participated in the project. They passed through an implementation phase including service changes and the adaptation of a standardized stepped care model for diagnosis and assessment, in addition to measures for increasing the awareness, networking and training of local professionals. PRELIMINARY RESULTS All participating cantons had entered the implementation phase. By March 2023, there were 619 referrals to participating sites. A total of 163 patients (37% FEP and 31% ARMS) and 15 close relatives had participated in individual longitudinal assessments, and 26 patients participated in qualitative interviews. CONCLUSION This national collaborative project addresses the issue of early intervention for emerging psychoses, and creates spaces for fruitful reflections and collaboration in Switzerland. The ultimate aim of PsyYoung is to harmonize clinical practices in early intervention of psychosis on a national level.
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- Caroline Conchon
- General Psychiatry Service, Treatment and Early Intervention in Psychosis Program (TIPP-Lausanne), Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, 1003 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- General Psychiatry Service, Treatment and Early Intervention in Psychosis Program (TIPP-Lausanne), Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, 1003 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- General Psychiatry Service, Treatment and Early Intervention in Psychosis Program (TIPP-Lausanne), Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, 1003 Lausanne, Switzerland
- Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College of London, London SE5 8AF, UK
- Centro Investigacion Biomedica en Red de Salud Mental (CIBERSAM), Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBIS), Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocio, Departamento de Psiquiatria, Universidad de Sevilla, 41013 Sevilla, Spain
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- Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Service, Geneva University Hospital, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
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- Universitäre Psychiatrische Kliniken (UPK) Basel, Universität Basel, 4002 Basel, Switzerland
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- Center of Psychiatry of Neuchâtel (CNP), 2000 Neuchâtel, Switzerland
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- Division of Child and Adolescent, Lausanne Hospital (CHUV), 1004 Lausanne, Switzerland
- Faculty Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne, 1005 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- General Psychiatry Service, Treatment and Early Intervention in Psychosis Program (TIPP-Lausanne), Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, 1003 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Division of Child and Adolescent, Lausanne Hospital (CHUV), 1004 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Division of Child and Adolescent, Lausanne Hospital (CHUV), 1004 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften (ZHAW), 8005 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Division of Child and Adolescent, Lausanne Hospital (CHUV), 1004 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Universitäre Psychiatrische Kliniken (UPK) Basel, Universität Basel, 4002 Basel, Switzerland
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- Universitäre Psychiatrische Kliniken (UPK) Basel, Universität Basel, 4002 Basel, Switzerland
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- Universitäre Psychiatrische Kliniken (UPK) Basel, Universität Basel, 4002 Basel, Switzerland
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- Universitäre Psychiatrische Kliniken (UPK) Basel, Universität Basel, 4002 Basel, Switzerland
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- Young Adult Psychiatric Unit, Department of Psychiatry, Geneva University Hospitals, 1202 Geneva, Switzerland
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- Medical Pedagogical Office, Department of Instruction, State of Geneva, 1200 Geneva, Switzerland
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- Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Service, Geneva University Hospital, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
- Medical Pedagogical Office, Department of Instruction, State of Geneva, 1200 Geneva, Switzerland
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- Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Service, Geneva University Hospital, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
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- Universitäre Psychiatrische Kliniken (UPK) Basel, Universität Basel, 4002 Basel, Switzerland
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- Universitäre Psychiatrische Kliniken (UPK) Basel, Universität Basel, 4002 Basel, Switzerland
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- Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Service, Geneva University Hospital, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
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- Division of Child and Adolescent, Lausanne Hospital (CHUV), 1004 Lausanne, Switzerland
- Faculty Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne, 1005 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Translational Psychiatry Unit, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Lübeck, 23562 Lübeck, Germany
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- Translational Psychiatry Unit, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Lübeck, 23562 Lübeck, Germany
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Zhu H, Ning Y, Zheng S, Feng S, Dong L, Jia H. Effect of Shi-Zhen-An-Shen herbal formula granule in the treatment of young people at ultra-high risk for psychosis: a pilot study. Front Psychiatry 2023; 14:1160452. [PMID: 37441142 PMCID: PMC10335808 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1160452] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2023] [Accepted: 06/06/2023] [Indexed: 07/15/2023] Open
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Introduction To date, there is no conclusive evidence for early interventions on ultra-high risk (UHR) for psychosis. The Chinese herbal medicine is confirmed to be beneficial in improving psychiatric symptoms and cognitive impairments for schizophrenia patients. However, the effect of Chinese herbal medicine on treating UHR patients remains unknown. Methods Eighty UHR patients were recruited from the outpatient department. They were randomly assigned to receive either Shi-Zhen-An-Shen herbal formula granule (SZAS-HFG) combined with aripiprazole placebo or aripiprazole combined with SZAS-HFG placebo for a 12-week treatment. The psychiatric symptoms were assessed using the Structured Interview for Prodromal Syndromes (SIPS). The Trail Making Test part A (TMT-A), Brief Visuospatial Memory Test (BVMT), Hopkins Verbal Learning Test (HVLT), and Continuous Performance Test (CPT) were used to assess cognitive functions. we also employed the Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) to evaluate social functioning. The linear mixed-effects models were performed to detect the difference in effectiveness between the two groups. Results After 12-week treatment, both groups showed significant effects of time on SIPS, TMT-A, HVLT, BVMT, and GAF. There was a significant effect of group only on CPT. Moreover, we also found a significant interaction effect on GAF. Conclusion SZAS-HFG can effectively alleviate psychosis symptoms, and improve cognitive impairments and overall functioning as well as aripiprazole.Clinical trial registration: Chinese Clinical Trial Registry, ChiCTR-IOR-17013513.
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- Hong Zhu
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Mental Disorders, National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders & National Center for Mental Disorders, Beijing Anding Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
- Advanced Innovation Center for Human Brain Protection, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Mental Disorders, National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders & National Center for Mental Disorders, Beijing Anding Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
- Advanced Innovation Center for Human Brain Protection, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Mental Disorders, National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders & National Center for Mental Disorders, Beijing Anding Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
- Advanced Innovation Center for Human Brain Protection, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Mental Disorders, National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders & National Center for Mental Disorders, Beijing Anding Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
- Advanced Innovation Center for Human Brain Protection, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Mental Disorders, National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders & National Center for Mental Disorders, Beijing Anding Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
- Advanced Innovation Center for Human Brain Protection, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Mental Disorders, National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders & National Center for Mental Disorders, Beijing Anding Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
- Advanced Innovation Center for Human Brain Protection, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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Corlett PR, Bansal S, Gold JM. Studying Healthy Psychosislike Experiences to Improve Illness Prediction. JAMA Psychiatry 2023; 80:515-517. [PMID: 36884241 PMCID: PMC10848166 DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2023.0059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/09/2023]
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Importance Distinguishing delusions and hallucinations from unusual beliefs and experiences has proven challenging. Observations The advent of neural network and generative modeling approaches to big data offers a challenge and an opportunity; healthy individuals with unusual beliefs and experiences who are not ill may raise false alarms and serve as adversarial examples to such networks. Conclusions and Relevance Explicitly training predictive models with adversarial examples should provide clearer focus on the features most relevant to casehood, which will empower clinical research and ultimately diagnosis and treatment.
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- Philip R. Corlett
- Yale University, Department of Psychiatry, New Haven, CT, 06511
- Wu Tsai Institute, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 06511
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- Maryland Psychiatric Research Center, Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore
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- Maryland Psychiatric Research Center, Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore
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Frawley E, Cowman M, Lepage M, Donohoe G. Social and occupational recovery in early psychosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis of psychosocial interventions. Psychol Med 2023; 53:1787-1798. [PMID: 34474696 PMCID: PMC10106304 DOI: 10.1017/s003329172100341x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2021] [Revised: 07/20/2021] [Accepted: 07/29/2021] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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BACKGROUND Psychosis, even in its early stages, ranks highly among the causes of disability worldwide, resulting in an increased focus on improved recovery of social and occupational functioning. This study aimed to provide an estimate of the effectiveness of psychosocial interventions for improving functioning in early psychosis. We also sought evidence of superiority between intervention approaches. METHODS An electronic search was conducted using PubMed and PsycINFO to identify original articles reporting on trials of psychosocial interventions in early-stage psychosis, published up to December 2020 and is reported following PRISMA guidelines. Data were extracted on validated measures of functioning from included studies and pooled standardised mean difference (SMD) was estimated. RESULTS In total, 31 studies involving 2811 participants were included, focusing on: cognitive behavioural therapy for psychosis (CBTp), family-based therapy, supported employment, cognitive remediation training (CRT) and multi-component psychosocial interventions. Across interventions, improved function was observed (SMD = 0.239; 95% confidence interval 0.115-0.364, p < 0.001). Effect sizes varied by intervention type, stage of illness, length and duration of treatment and outcome measure used. In particular, interventions based on CRT significantly outperformed symptom-focused CBT interventions, while multi-component interventions were associated with largest gains. CONCLUSIONS Psychosocial interventions, particularly when provided as part of a multi-component intervention model and delivered in community-based settings are associated with significant improvements in social and occupational function. This review underscores the value of sensitively tracking and targeting psychosocial function as part of the standard provided by early intervention services.
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- E. Frawley
- Centre for Neuroimaging, Cognition & Genomics (NICOG), School of Psychology, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland
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- Centre for Neuroimaging, Cognition & Genomics (NICOG), School of Psychology, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland
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- Prevention and Early Intervention Program for Psychosis, Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Montreal, Canada
- Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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- Centre for Neuroimaging, Cognition & Genomics (NICOG), School of Psychology, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland
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Sefik E, Boamah M, Addington J, Bearden CE, Cadenhead KS, Cornblatt BA, Keshavan MS, Mathalon DH, Perkins DO, Stone WS, Tsuang MT, Woods SW, Cannon TD, Walker EF. Sex- and Age-Specific Deviations in Cerebellar Structure and Their Link With Symptom Dimensions and Clinical Outcome in Individuals at Clinical High Risk for Psychosis. Schizophr Bull 2023; 49:350-363. [PMID: 36394426 PMCID: PMC10016422 DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbac169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND The clinical high-risk (CHR) period offers a temporal window into neurobiological deviations preceding psychosis onset, but little attention has been given to regions outside the cerebrum in large-scale studies of CHR. Recently, the North American Prodrome Longitudinal Study (NAPLS)-2 revealed altered functional connectivity of the cerebello-thalamo-cortical circuitry among individuals at CHR; however, cerebellar morphology remains underinvestigated in this at-risk population, despite growing evidence of its involvement in psychosis. STUDY DESIGN In this multisite study, we analyzed T1-weighted magnetic resonance imaging scans obtained from N = 469 CHR individuals (61% male, ages = 12-36 years) and N = 212 healthy controls (52% male, ages = 12-34 years) from NAPLS-2, with a focus on cerebellar cortex and white matter volumes separately. Symptoms were rated by the Structured Interview for Psychosis-Risk Syndromes (SIPS). The outcome by two-year follow-up was categorized as in-remission, symptomatic, prodromal-progression, or psychotic. General linear models were used for case-control comparisons and tests for volumetric associations with baseline SIPS ratings and clinical outcomes. STUDY RESULTS Cerebellar cortex and white matter volumes differed between the CHR and healthy control groups at baseline, with sex moderating the difference in cortical volumes, and both sex and age moderating the difference in white matter volumes. Baseline ratings for major psychosis-risk dimensions as well as a clinical outcome at follow-up had tissue-specific associations with cerebellar volumes. CONCLUSIONS These findings point to clinically relevant deviations in cerebellar cortex and white matter structures among CHR individuals and highlight the importance of considering the complex interplay between sex and age when studying the neuromaturational substrates of psychosis risk.
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- Esra Sefik
- Department of Psychology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
- Department of Human Genetics, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Mental Health Service, San Francisco VA Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
- Department of Psychology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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Cooper SM, Fusar-Poli P, Uhlhaas PJ. Characteristics and clinical correlates of risk symptoms in individuals at clinical high-risk for psychosis: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Schizophr Res 2023; 254:54-61. [PMID: 36801514 DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2023.02.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2022] [Revised: 01/19/2023] [Accepted: 02/05/2023] [Indexed: 02/17/2023]
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Emerging evidence suggests that the duration of risk symptoms (DUR) may have an impact on clinical outcomes in clinical high-risk for psychosis (CHRP) participants. To explore this hypothesis, we performed a meta-analysis on studies that examined DUR in CHR-P individuals in relation to their clinical outcomes. This review was conducted in accordance with the PRISMA guidelines and the protocol was registered with PROSPERO on 16th April 2021 (ID no. CRD42021249443). Literature searches were conducted using PsycINFO and Web of Science in March and November 2021, for studies reporting on DUR in CHR-P populations, in relation to transition to psychosis or symptomatic, functional, or cognitive outcomes. The primary outcome was transition to psychosis, while the secondary outcomes were remission from CHR-P status and functioning at baseline. Thirteen independent studies relating to 2506 CHR-P individuals were included in the meta-analysis. The mean age was 19.88 years (SD = 1.61) and 1194 individuals (47.65 %) were females. The mean length of DUR was 23.61 months (SD = 13.18). There was no meta-analytic effect of DUR on transition to psychosis at 12-month follow-up (OR = 1.000, 95%CI = 0.999-1.000, k = 8, p = .98), while DUR was related to remission (Hedge's g = 0.236, 95%CI = 0.014-0.458, k = 4, p = .037). DUR was not related to baseline GAF scores (beta = -0.004, 95%CI = -0.025-0.017, k = 3, p = .71). The current findings suggest that DUR is not associated with transition to psychosis at 12 months, but may impact remission. However, the database was small and further research in this area is required.
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- Saskia M Cooper
- Institute of Neuroscience and Psychology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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- Early Psychosis: Interventions and Clinical-detection (EPIC) Lab, Department of Psychosis Studies, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London, London, United Kingdom; OASIS service, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy; National Institute for Health Research Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Neuroscience and Psychology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom; Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Charité Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany.
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Watson M, Filia K, Stevens A, Cotton S, Nelson B, Ratheesh A. A systematic review and meta-analysis of global and social functioning among people at risk of bipolar disorder. J Affect Disord 2023; 321:290-303. [PMID: 36306929 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2022.10.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2022] [Revised: 10/04/2022] [Accepted: 10/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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BACKGROUND Functional status could predict development of bipolar disorder (BD) or have clinical significance. The relationship between BD risk and functioning is poorly understood. We undertook a systematic review examining the global and social functioning of those at risk for BD. METHODS We examined observational studies comparing a risk sample with healthy controls or full-threshold BD participants, using measures of global or social functioning. Risk status included family history of BD, meeting risk criteria, or having prodromal symptomatology, or premorbid functioning of persons with BD. Medline, PsycINFO, and Embase were searched. The Newcastle-Ottawa Scale for Cross-Sectional Studies was used to assess quality. Meta-analyses were performed where possible. RESULTS 7215 studies were screened and 40 studies were included (8474 participants). Risk samples had poorer functioning than controls, and superior functioning to participants with BD. Meta-analysis indicated poorer global functioning among persons with familial risk compared to healthy controls (mean global functional difference: 5.92; 95 % confidence interval: 7.90, 3.95; mean premorbid functioning difference: 2.31; 95 % confidence interval: 0.70, 3.92). Studies with higher proportions of female participants had slightly poorer global functioning. High heterogeneity was attributable functional measures and potentially functionally differential subgroups within the risk samples. LIMITATIONS Broader measures of functioning, such as neurocognition and behavioural measures, were excluded. Measures of global functioning are limited by conflating functioning and symptoms. CONCLUSIONS Functioning in the BD risk populations is intermediate to that of healthy controls and persons with BD, indicating their value in definitions of BD risk, in itself a likely heterogeneous state.
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- M Watson
- The University of Melbourne, Centre for Youth Mental Health, Parkville 3052, Australia; The University of Melbourne, Melbourne Medical School, Parkville 3052, Australia
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- Orygen, Parkville 3052, Australia
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- Orygen, Parkville 3052, Australia
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- Orygen, Parkville 3052, Australia
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- Orygen, Parkville 3052, Australia; The University of Melbourne, Centre for Youth Mental Health, Parkville 3052, Australia.
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Adewuya AO, Oladipo OE, Imarah T, Asmal L, Emsley R. The 3-year progression of clinically significant psychotic-like experiences in a general adult population in Lagos, Nigeria. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 2023; 58:91-103. [PMID: 36098756 DOI: 10.1007/s00127-022-02358-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2022] [Accepted: 08/24/2022] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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PURPOSE The study assessed the 3-year progression of clinically significant psychotic-like experience (CS-PLE) symptoms in an adult general population in terms of stability or remission of symptoms and transition to psychosis. METHODS Participants (n = 1292) aged 18-65 years with CS-PLE were assessed at baseline for sociodemographic details, family history of mental illness, functioning status, common mental disorders, alcohol, and substance use disorders. Three years later they were reassessed for diagnosis of psychosis, presence or remission of PLE symptoms, and contact with mental health services. RESULTS The mean age of the participants at baseline in years was 36.56 (SD = 11.66) and there were 855 (66.2%) females. By the 3rd year follow-up, 95 (7.3%) had transited to psychosis, while 850 (65.5%) had persistent CS-PLE symptoms and the rest 347 (27.2%) were in remission. Only history of mental illness in the immediate family (HR 4.81, 95% CI 1.40-16.47, P = 0.013) and regular use of cannabis at less than 18 years of age (HR 0.65, 95% CI 0.55-0.77, P < 0.001) were the independent predictors of conversion to psychosis at 3 years. CONCLUSION The rate of TTP in the non-clinical population with elevated risk may be lower than that earlier reported in the western literature. Interventions aimed at preventing transition to psychosis in high risk groups must pay attention to early onset users of cannabis and those with family history of mental illness.
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- Abiodun O Adewuya
- Department of Behavioral Medicine, Lagos State University College of Medicine, 1-5, Oba Akinjobi Way, GRA, Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria.
- Centre for Mental Health Research and Initiative, Lagos, Nigeria.
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- Centre for Mental Health Research and Initiative, Lagos, Nigeria
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- Department of Psychiatry, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa
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- Department of Psychiatry, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Usui K, Kirihara K, Tada M, Fujioka M, Koshiyama D, Tani M, Tsuchiya M, Morita S, Kawakami S, Kanehara A, Morita K, Satomura Y, Koike S, Suga M, Araki T, Kasai K. The association between clinical symptoms and later subjective quality of life in individuals with ultra-high risk for psychosis and recent-onset psychotic disorder: A longitudinal investigation. Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 2022; 76:552-559. [PMID: 35352436 DOI: 10.1111/pcn.13359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2021] [Revised: 02/04/2022] [Accepted: 03/10/2022] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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AIM Subjective quality of life is a clinically relevant outcome that is strongly associated with the severity of clinical symptoms in individuals with ultra-high risk for psychosis and patients with recent-onset psychotic disorder. Our objective was to examine whether longitudinal changes in clinical symptoms are associated with quality of life in ultra-high risk individuals and patients with recent-onset psychotic disorder. METHODS Individuals with ultra-high risk and patients with recent-onset psychosis disorder were recruited in the same clinical settings at baseline and were followed up with more than 6 months and less than 5 years later. We assessed five factors of clinical symptoms using the positive and negative syndrome scale, and quality of life using the World Health Organization quality of life questionnaire-short form. We used multiple regression to examine the relationships between clinical symptoms and quality of life while controlling for diagnosis, follow-up period, age, and sex. RESULTS Data were collected from 22 individuals with ultra-high risk and 27 patients with recent-onset psychosis disorder. The multiple regression analysis results indicated that the more severe anxiety/depression was at baseline, the poorer the quality of life at follow-up. Further, improvement of anxiety/depression and disorganized thoughts were associated with improvement in quality of life. The difference in diagnosis did not affect the association between clinical symptoms and quality of life. CONCLUSION These findings suggest that the improvement of anxiety/depression and disorganized thoughts is important in the early stages of psychosis before it becomes severe, affecting the quality of life.
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- Kaori Usui
- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.,Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Tokyo, Japan.,Department of Community Mental Health & Law, National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.,Disability Services Office, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.,Office for Mental Health Support, Center for Research on Counseling and Support Services, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.,The International Research Center for Neurointelligence (WPI-IRCN), University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study (UTIAS), The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Rehabilitation, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.,The International Research Center for Neurointelligence (WPI-IRCN), University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study (UTIAS), The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.,University of Tokyo Institute for Diversity and Adaptation of Human Mind (UTIDAHM), The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.,Center for Evolutionary Cognitive Sciences, Graduate School of Art and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.,UTokyo Center for Integrative Science of Human Behaviour (CiSHuB), The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.,Graduate school of Clinical Psychology, Teikyo Heisei University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.,Teikyo University Hospital, Mizonokuchi, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.,The International Research Center for Neurointelligence (WPI-IRCN), University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study (UTIAS), The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.,University of Tokyo Institute for Diversity and Adaptation of Human Mind (UTIDAHM), The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.,UTokyo Center for Integrative Science of Human Behaviour (CiSHuB), The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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James SH, Berglund A, Chang WC, Strauss GP. Discrepancies between ideal and actual affect in schizophrenia: Implications for understanding negative symptoms. J Psychiatr Res 2022; 155:313-319. [PMID: 36174366 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2022.09.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2022] [Revised: 08/29/2022] [Accepted: 09/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Anhedonia is a core symptom of schizophrenia (SZ). However, psychological mechanisms underlying anhedonia are unclear, making it difficult to develop personalized psychosocial treatments. The current study explored the novel hypothesis that anhedonia is driven by discrepancies between ideal and actual affect (i.e., how positive or negative someone wants to feel compared to how they do feel), which impact the frequency of recreational, goal-directed, and social behaviors. Participants included 32 outpatients with SZ and 29 healthy controls (CN) who completed the Affect Valuation Index and measures of negative symptom severity. Results indicated that individuals with SZ displayed greater positive and negative emotion discrepancy scores than CN, suggesting that they strongly desire to feel more positive and less negative in the future than they actually do. Additionally, greater ideal relative to actual positive and negative affect was associated with greater severity of anhedonia, avolition, and asociality. The discrepancy between ideal and actual affective states may be demotivating, leading individuals with SZ to develop dysfunctional beliefs after repeated experiences of failing to achieve their desired emotional goal state. These findings suggest that ideal affect may be a novel psychological mechanism underlying negative symptoms that could be targeted in psychosocial treatments.
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- Sydney H James
- Department of Psychology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Hong Kong, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong; State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, University of Hong Kong, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
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Radley J, Barlow J, Johns LC. Parenting and psychosis: An experience sampling methodology study investigating the inter-relationship between stress from parenting and positive psychotic symptoms. BRITISH JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY 2022; 61:1236-1258. [PMID: 35938517 PMCID: PMC9804428 DOI: 10.1111/bjc.12389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2020] [Revised: 07/25/2022] [Accepted: 07/26/2022] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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OBJECTIVES There is a strong association between stress and psychotic symptoms, and this study examined the bidirectional nature of this relationship in parents with psychosis, with negative affect as a mediator and a range of other psychosocial factors included as covariates. It also examined whether stress from parenting had a larger impact on psychosis than non-parenting stress. DESIGN The study used a within-participants repeated measures design, using experience sampling methodology (ESM). ESM is a self-report surveying technique completed over an intensive longitudinal period. Participants completed six surveys a day, for 10 days. METHODS Thirty-five participants with psychosis who were a parent to a child between the ages of 2 and 16 took part. Study phones alerted participants to complete surveys by beeping at semi-random intervals over 10 days. Multi-level modelling was used with surveys at Level-1 and participants at Level-2. Predictor variables were time-lagged in order to infer directionality. RESULTS Parenting stress was found to predict psychotic symptoms, and this relationship was mediated by negative affect. The reverse direction was also confirmed. Few of the additional psychosocial factors were found to have a significant impact on the models' estimations. Parenting stress was not found to have a larger impact on psychosis than other sources of stress. CONCLUSIONS This study provides further evidence of the bidirectional relationship between stress and psychosis in the context of parenting. Further research should explore if parenting stress plays a unique role in predicting psychotic symptoms by comparing parents and non-parents with psychosis.
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- Jessica Radley
- Department of PsychiatryUniversity of OxfordWarneford HospitalOxfordUK
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- Department of Social Policy and InterventionUniversity of OxfordOxfordUK
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- Department of PsychiatryUniversity of OxfordWarneford HospitalOxfordUK
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Lo Buglio G, Pontillo M, Cerasti E, Polari A, Schiano Lomoriello A, Vicari S, Lingiardi V, Boldrini T, Solmi M. A network analysis of anxiety, depressive, and psychotic symptoms and functioning in children and adolescents at clinical high risk for psychosis. Front Psychiatry 2022; 13:1016154. [PMID: 36386985 PMCID: PMC9650363 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.1016154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2022] [Accepted: 09/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Objective Youths at clinical high risk for psychosis (CHR-P) are characterized by a high prevalence of anxiety and depressive disorders. The present study aimed at developing and analyzing a network structure of CHR-P symptom domains (i.e., positive, negative, disorganization, and general subclinical psychotic symptoms), depressive and anxiety symptoms, and general functioning. Methods Network analysis was applied to data on 111 CHR-P children and adolescents (M age = 14.1), who were assessed using the Structured Interview for Prodromal Syndromes, the Children's Depression Inventory, the Children's Global Assessment Scale, and the Multidimensional Anxiety Scale for Children. Results In the network, negative and disorganization symptoms showed the strongest association (r = 0.71), and depressive and anxiety symptoms showed dense within-domain connections, with a main bridging role played by physical symptoms of anxiety. The positive symptom cluster was not associated with any other node. The network stability coefficient (CS) was slightly below 0.25, and observed correlations observed ranged from 0.35 to 0.71. Conclusion The lack of association between subclinical positive symptoms and other network variables confirmed the independent nature of subclinical positive symptoms from comorbid symptoms, which were found to play a central role in the analyzed network. Complex interventions should be developed to target positive and comorbid symptoms, prioritizing those with the most significant impact on functioning and the most relevance for the young individual, through a shared decision-making process. Importantly, the results suggest that negative and disorganization symptoms, as well as depressive and anxiety symptoms, may be targeted simultaneously.
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- Gabriele Lo Buglio
- Department of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology, and Health Studies, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Child Psychiatry Unit, Department of Neuroscience Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology, and Health Studies, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
- Istituto Nazionale di Statistica (Istat), Rome, Italy
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- Orygen Specialist Programs, Melbourne, Australia
- Centre for Youth Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- Child Psychiatry Unit, Department of Neuroscience Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy
- Department of Life Science and Public Health, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology, and Health Studies, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Developmental Psychology and Socialization, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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- School of Epidemiology and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
- Department of Mental Health, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON, Canada
- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (OHRI) Clinical Epidemiology Program University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Charité Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany
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Premorbid adjustment associates with cognitive and functional deficits in individuals at ultra-high risk of psychosis. SCHIZOPHRENIA (HEIDELBERG, GERMANY) 2022; 8:79. [PMID: 36207320 PMCID: PMC9547050 DOI: 10.1038/s41537-022-00285-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2022] [Accepted: 08/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Premorbid social and academic adjustment are important predictors of cognitive and functional performance in schizophrenia. Whether this relationship is also present in individuals at ultra-high risk (UHR) for psychosis is the focus of the present study. Using baseline data from a randomised clinical trial (N = 146) this study investigated associations between premorbid adjustment and neuro- and social cognition and functioning in UHR individuals aged 18–40 years. Patients were evaluated with the Premorbid Adjustment Scale (PAS) comprising a social and an academic domain. Using validated measures neurocognition was assessed in the domains of processing speed, executive function, attention, verbal learning and memory, visual learning and memory, and working memory along with estimated IQ. Social cognitive domains assessed were theory of mind, emotion recognition, and attributional bias. Functional assessment comprised the domains of social- and role functioning, functional capacity, and quality of life. Linear regression analyses revealed poor premorbid academic adjustment to be associated with poorer performance in processing speed, working memory, attention, full scale IQ, and verbal IQ. Poor premorbid social adjustment was associated with theory of mind deficits. Additionally, both premorbid adjustment domains were associated with social- and role functioning and quality of life. Corroborating evidence from schizophrenia samples, our findings indicate poor premorbid adjustment to correlate with deficits in specific cognitive and functional domains in UHR states. Early premorbid adjustment difficulties may therefore indicate a poor cognitive and functional trajectory associated with significant impairments in early and established psychotic disorders suggesting targets for primary intervention.
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Lång U, Ramsay H, Yates K, Veijola J, Gyllenberg D, Clarke MC, Leacy FP, Gissler M, Kelleher I. Potential for prediction of psychosis and bipolar disorder in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: a longitudinal register study of all people born in Finland in 1987. World Psychiatry 2022; 21:436-443. [PMID: 36073707 PMCID: PMC9453911 DOI: 10.1002/wps.21009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Current strategies to predict psychosis identify only a small proportion of individuals at risk. Additional strategies are needed to increase capacity for pre-diction and prevention of serious mental illness, ideally during childhood and adolescence. One possible approach would be to investigate systems in which psychosis risk factors are concentrated during childhood. One notable such system is represented by Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS). Although psychotic disorders are uncommon in CAMHS, many risk factors for psychosis are highly prevalent in young people who enter this system. We hypothesized, therefore, that youth attending CAMHS would be a high-risk group for psychosis if followed into adulthood and, furthermore, that CAMHS systems would capture a substantial proportion of future psychosis cases. We constructed a total population cohort study of all Finns born in 1987 (N=55,875), linking together extensive register data on health care contacts from birth through age 28 years. We identified all individuals diagnosed with a psychotic or bipolar disorder by age 28 (N=1,785). The risk of psychosis/bipolar disorder by age 28 years was 1.8% for individuals who had not attended CAMHS during childhood or adolescence, whereas it was 12.8% for those with a history of any outpatient CAMHS contact (odds ratio, OR=7.9, 95% CI: 7.2-8.7). Furthermore, the risk of psychosis/bipolar disorder by age 28 years was 2.3% for individuals without a history of inpatient CAMHS admission, whereas it was 24.0% for those with a history of inpatient CAMHS admission (OR=13.3, 95% CI: 11.9-14.9), and 36.5% for those with a history of inpatient CAMHS admission in adolescence (age 13-17 years) (OR=24.2, 95% CI: 21.2-27.6). Individuals who attended CAMHS but received no mental disorder diagnosis had an equally high risk of subsequently developing a psychosis/bipolar disorder as individuals who did receive a diagnosis (OR=0.9, 99.5% CI: 0.7-1.1). Compared to other CAMHS attendees, individuals who developed psychosis or bipolar disorder were more likely to have had an initial CAMHS diagnosis of depressive or other mood disorder (OR=2.3, 99.5% CI: 1.6-3.0) and disruptive behaviour disorder (OR=1.7, 99.5% CI: 1.2-2.5). Of all psychosis/bipolar diagnoses by age 28 years, 50.2% occurred in individuals who had, at some point in childhood or adolescence, attended CAMHS, indicating that CAMHS represent not only a high-risk but also a high-capacity system for prediction of psychosis/bipolar disorder. These findings suggest an enormous, untapped potential for large-scale psychosis/bipolar disorder prediction and prevention research within existing specialist CAMHS.
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- Ulla Lång
- School of Medicine, University College Dublin, Health Science CentreDublinIreland,Department of PsychiatryRCSI University of Medicine and Health SciencesDublinIreland
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- School of Medicine, University College Dublin, Health Science CentreDublinIreland,St. Michael's HouseDublinIreland
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- Department of PsychiatryRCSI University of Medicine and Health SciencesDublinIreland
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- Research Unit of Clinical Neuroscience, Department of PsychiatryUniversity of OuluOuluFinland,Department of PsychiatryUniversity Hospital of OuluOuluFinland
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- Department of Child Psychiatry and INVEST Research Flagship CenterUniversity of TurkuTurkuFinland,Turku University HospitalTurkuFinland,Department of Adolescent PsychiatryUniversity of HelsinkiHelsinkiFinland,Helsinki University Central HospitalHelsinkiFinland,Welfare DepartmentNational Institute for Health and WelfareHelsinkiFinland
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- Department of PsychiatryRCSI University of Medicine and Health SciencesDublinIreland,Department of PsychologyRCSI University of Medicine and Health SciencesDublinIreland
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- Health Products Regulatory AuthorityEarlsfort CentreDublinIreland
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- Information Services DepartmentNational Institute of Health and WelfareHelsinkiFinland,Research Centre for Child PsychiatryUniversity of TurkuTurkuFinland,Department of Molecular Medicine and SurgeryKarolinska InstituteStockholmSweden,Academic Primary Health Care CentreRegion StockholmStockholmSweden
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- School of Medicine, University College Dublin, Health Science CentreDublinIreland,Department of PsychiatryRCSI University of Medicine and Health SciencesDublinIreland,Lucena Clinic Child and Adolescent Mental Health ServiceSt. John of God Hospitaller ServicesDublinIreland,Division of Psychiatry, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, Royal Edinburgh HospitalUniversity of EdinburghEdinburghUK
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Bridgwater M, Bachman P, Tervo-Clemmens B, Haas G, Hayes R, Luna B, Salisbury DF, Jalbrzikowski M. Developmental influences on symptom expression in antipsychotic-naïve first-episode psychosis. Psychol Med 2022; 52:1698-1709. [PMID: 33019960 PMCID: PMC8021611 DOI: 10.1017/s0033291720003463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND The neurodevelopmental model of psychosis was established over 30 years ago; however, the developmental influence on psychotic symptom expression - how age affects clinical presentation in first-episode psychosis - has not been thoroughly investigated. METHODS Using generalized additive modeling, which allows for linear and non-linear functional forms of age-related change, we leveraged symptom data from a large sample of antipsychotic-naïve individuals with first-episode psychosis (N = 340, 12-40 years, 1-12 visits), collected at the University of Pittsburgh from 1990 to 2017. We examined relationships between age and severity of perceptual and non-perceptual positive symptoms and negative symptoms. We tested for age-associated effects on change in positive or negative symptom severity following baseline assessment and explored the time-varying relationship between perceptual and non-perceptual positive symptoms across adolescent development. RESULTS Perceptual positive symptom severity significantly decreased with increasing age (F = 7.0, p = 0.0007; q = 0.003) while non-perceptual positive symptom severity increased with age (F = 4.1, p = 0.01, q = 0.02). Anhedonia severity increased with increasing age (F = 6.7, p = 0.00035; q = 0.0003), while flat affect decreased in severity with increased age (F = 9.8, p = 0.002; q = 0.006). Findings remained significant when parental SES, IQ, and illness duration were included as covariates. There were no developmental effects on change in positive or negative symptom severity (all p > 0.25). Beginning at age 18, there was a statistically significant association between severity of non-perceptual and perceptual symptoms. This relationship increased in strength throughout adulthood. CONCLUSIONS These findings suggest that as maturation proceeds, perceptual symptoms attenuate while non-perceptual symptoms are enhanced. Findings underscore how pathological brain-behavior relationships vary as a function of development.
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- Miranda Bridgwater
- Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- VISN4 MIRECC at VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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Dwyer DB, Buciuman MO, Ruef A, Kambeitz J, Sen Dong M, Stinson C, Kambeitz-Ilankovic L, Degenhardt F, Sanfelici R, Antonucci LA, Lalousis PA, Wenzel J, Urquijo-Castro MF, Popovic D, Oeztuerk OF, Haas SS, Weiske J, Hauke D, Neufang S, Schmidt-Kraepelin C, Ruhrmann S, Penzel N, Lichtenstein T, Rosen M, Chisholm K, Riecher-Rössler A, Egloff L, Schmidt A, Andreou C, Hietala J, Schirmer T, Romer G, Michel C, Rössler W, Maj C, Borisov O, Krawitz PM, Falkai P, Pantelis C, Lencer R, Bertolino A, Borgwardt S, Noethen M, Brambilla P, Schultze-Lutter F, Meisenzahl E, Wood SJ, Davatzikos C, Upthegrove R, Salokangas RKR, Koutsouleris N. Clinical, Brain, and Multilevel Clustering in Early Psychosis and Affective Stages. JAMA Psychiatry 2022; 79:677-689. [PMID: 35583903 PMCID: PMC9118078 DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2022.1163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Importance Approaches are needed to stratify individuals in early psychosis stages beyond positive symptom severity to investigate specificity related to affective and normative variation and to validate solutions with premorbid, longitudinal, and genetic risk measures. Objective To use machine learning techniques to cluster, compare, and combine subgroup solutions using clinical and brain structural imaging data from early psychosis and depression stages. Design, Setting, and Participants A multisite, naturalistic, longitudinal cohort study (10 sites in 5 European countries; including major follow-up intervals at 9 and 18 months) with a referred patient sample of those with clinical high risk for psychosis (CHR-P), recent-onset psychosis (ROP), recent-onset depression (ROD), and healthy controls were recruited between February 1, 2014, to July 1, 2019. Data were analyzed between January 2020 and January 2022. Main Outcomes and Measures A nonnegative matrix factorization technique separately decomposed clinical (287 variables) and parcellated brain structural volume (204 gray, white, and cerebrospinal fluid regions) data across CHR-P, ROP, ROD, and healthy controls study groups. Stability criteria determined cluster number using nested cross-validation. Validation targets were compared across subgroup solutions (premorbid, longitudinal, and schizophrenia polygenic risk scores). Multiclass supervised machine learning produced a transferable solution to the validation sample. Results There were a total of 749 individuals in the discovery group and 610 individuals in the validation group. Individuals included those with CHR-P (n = 287), ROP (n = 323), ROD (n = 285), and healthy controls (n = 464), The mean (SD) age was 25.1 (5.9) years, and 702 (51.7%) were female. A clinical 4-dimensional solution separated individuals based on positive symptoms, negative symptoms, depression, and functioning, demonstrating associations with all validation targets. Brain clustering revealed a subgroup with distributed brain volume reductions associated with negative symptoms, reduced performance IQ, and increased schizophrenia polygenic risk scores. Multilevel results distinguished between normative and illness-related brain differences. Subgroup results were largely validated in the external sample. Conclusions and Relevance The results of this longitudinal cohort study provide stratifications beyond the expression of positive symptoms that cut across illness stages and diagnoses. Clinical results suggest the importance of negative symptoms, depression, and functioning. Brain results suggest substantial overlap across illness stages and normative variation, which may highlight a vulnerability signature independent from specific presentations. Premorbid, longitudinal, and genetic risk validation suggested clinical importance of the subgroups to preventive treatments.
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- Dominic B Dwyer
- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Ludwig-Maximilian-University, Munich, Germany.,Centre for Youth Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Ludwig-Maximilian-University, Munich, Germany.,International Max-Planck Research School for Translational Psychiatry, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Ludwig-Maximilian-University, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Ludwig-Maximilian-University, Munich, Germany
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- Max-Planck School of Cognition, Leipzig, Germany.,Center for Adaptive Rationality, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Ludwig-Maximilian-University, Munich, Germany.,Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Institute of Human Genetics, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn, Germany.,Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Ludwig-Maximilian-University, Munich, Germany.,Max-Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Education, Psychology, Communication, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
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- Institute for Mental Health and Centre for Brain Health, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Ludwig-Maximilian-University, Munich, Germany.,International Max-Planck Research School for Translational Psychiatry, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Ludwig-Maximilian-University, Munich, Germany.,International Max-Planck Research School for Translational Psychiatry, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Ludwig-Maximilian-University, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry (Psychiatric University Hospital, UPK), University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.,Early Intervention Service, Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom.,Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Institute for Mental Health and Centre for Brain Health, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom.,Department of Psychology, Aston University, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- Department of Psychiatry (Psychiatric University Hospital, UPK), University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Psychiatry (Psychiatric University Hospital, UPK), University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Psychiatry (Psychiatric University Hospital, UPK), University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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- GE Healthcare GmbH (previously GE Global Research GmbH), Munich, Germany
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- University Hospital of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, University Hospital of Psychiatry Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Genomic Statistics and Bioinformatics, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Institute of Genomic Statistics and Bioinformatics, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Institute of Genomic Statistics and Bioinformatics, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Ludwig-Maximilian-University, Munich, Germany.,Max-Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany
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- Melbourne Neuropsychiatry Centre, University of Melbourne & Melbourne Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Münster, Münster, Germany.,Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
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- Department of Basic Medical Science, Neuroscience and Sense Organs, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Psychiatry (Psychiatric University Hospital, UPK), University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.,Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
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- Institute of Human Genetics, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Neurosciences and Mental Health, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milano, Italy.,Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany.,University Hospital of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.,Department of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, Airlangga University, Surabaya, Indonesia
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- Centre for Youth Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Orygen, the National Centre of Excellence for Youth Mental Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Radiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.,Center for Biomedical Image Computing and Analytics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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- Institute for Mental Health and Centre for Brain Health, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom.,Early Intervention Service, Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Ludwig-Maximilian-University, Munich, Germany.,Max-Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany.,Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
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Hou J, Schmitt S, Zhao X, Wang J, Chen J, Mao Z, Qi A, Lu Z, Kircher T, Yang Y, Shi J. Neural Correlates of Facial Emotion Recognition in Non-help-seeking University Students With Ultra-High Risk for Psychosis. Front Psychol 2022; 13:812208. [PMID: 35756282 PMCID: PMC9226575 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.812208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2021] [Accepted: 05/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Background Since the introduction of the neurodevelopmental perspective of schizophrenia research on individuals at ultra-high risk for psychosis (UHR) has gained increasing interest, aiming at early detection and intervention. Results from fMRI studies investigating behavioral and brain functional changes in UHR during facial emotion recognition, an essential component of social cognition, showed heterogenous results, probably due clinical diversity across these investigations. This fMRI study investigated emotion recognition in a sub-group of the UHR spectrum, namely non-help-seeking, drug-naïve UHR with high cognitive functioning to reveal the neurofunctional underpinnings of their social functioning in comparison to healthy controls. Methods Two large cohorts of students from an elite University (n 1 = 4,040, n 2 = 4,364) were screened firstly with the Prodromal Questionnaires and by surpassing predefined cut-offs then interviewed with the semi-structured Interview for Psychosis-Risk Syndromes to verify their UHR status. Twenty-one identified non-help-seeking UHR and 23 non-UHR control subjects were scanned with functional magnetic resonance imaging while classifying emotions (i.e., neutral, happy, disgust and fear) in a facial emotion recognition task. Results Behaviorally, no group differences were found concerning accuracy, reaction times, sensitivity or specificity, except that non-help-seeking UHR showed higher specificity when recognizing neutral facial expressions. In comparison to healthy non-UHR controls, non-help-seeking UHR showed generally higher activation in the superior temporal and left Heschl's gyrus as well as in the somatosensory, insular and midcingulate cortex than the control subjects during the entire recognition task regardless of the emotion categories. In an exploratory analysis, in the non-help-seeking UHR group, functional activity in the left superior temporal gyrus was significantly correlated with deficits in the ability to experience emotions at uncorrected statistical thresholds. Conclusions Compared to healthy controls, non-help-seeking UHR show no behavioral deficits during facial emotion recognition, but functional hyperactivities in brain regions associated with this cognitive process. Our study may inspire future early intervention and provide loci for treatment using neural stimulation.
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- Jiaojiao Hou
- Department of Psychosomatic Medicine, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai East Hospital, Shanghai, China
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
- Center for Mind, Brain and Behavior, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
- Hannover Medical School, Clinics for Psychiatry, Social Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Psychosomatic Medicine, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai East Hospital, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Pudong New Area Mental Health Center, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Ruijin Hospital Luwan Branch, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Medical Psychology, Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, Shanghai Tongji Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
- Department of Psychiatry, Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
- Center for Mind, Brain and Behavior, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Shanghai Pudong New Area Mental Health Center, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
- Division of Medical Humanities and Behavioral Sciences, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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Guerrero-Jiménez M, Gutiérrez B, Cervilla JA. Psychotic symptoms associate inversely with social support, social autonomy and psychosocial functioning: A community-based study. Int J Soc Psychiatry 2022; 68:898-907. [PMID: 33876666 DOI: 10.1177/00207640211011198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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BACKGROUND Population-based studies exploring psychotic symptoms (PS) show that their prevalence in the community is higher than previously thought. Psychosocial functioning and social support are poorer among people presenting clinical and subclinical PS. AIMS We aimed to estimate the prevalence rate of PS in Andalusia and to explore the association between PS and psychosocial functioning, social support and social autonomy in a Southern European population. MATERIAL AND METHODS This is a cross-sectional study. We undertook multi-stage sampling using different standard stratification techniques. Out of 5496 households approached, we interviewed 4507 (83.7%) randomly selected participants living in the autonomous region of Andalusia (Southern Spain). The Spanish version of the MINI International Neuropsychiatric Interview was used to elicit PS. We also gathered information on socio-demographic factors, suicidality risk, psychosocial functioning, social support and social autonomy. RESULTS The overall prevalence of PS was 6.7% (95% CI: 5.99-6.45). PS were associated with lower age (OR 0.975; 95% CI (0.967-0.983); p < .0001), female gender (OR = 1.346; 95% CI (1.05-1.07) p = .018), not living in a rural area (OR = 0.677; 95% CI (0.50-0.90) p = 0.009), lower social support (OR = 0.898; 95% CI (0.85-0.94) p < .0001), lower scores on social autonomy (OR = 0.889; 95% CI (0.79-1.00) p = .050), having an increased suicidality risk score (OR = 1.038; 95% CI (1.005-1.07); p = .023) and having lower scores on psychosocial functioning (OR = 0.956; 95% CI (0.95-0.96); p < 0.0001). CONCLUSIONS Social outcomes seem to be strongly inversely associated with PS in spite of presumed higher levels of social support among Southern European cultures.
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- Margarita Guerrero-Jiménez
- Mental Health Unit, Virgen de las Nieves University Hospital, Granada, Spain.,Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Granada, Granada, Spain
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- Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Granada, Granada, Spain.,Institute of Neurosciences, Biomedical Research Centre (CIBM), University of Granada, Spain.,Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria (ibs.Granada), Spain
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- Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Granada, Granada, Spain.,Institute of Neurosciences, Biomedical Research Centre (CIBM), University of Granada, Spain.,Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria (ibs.Granada), Spain.,Mental Health Unit, Clínico San Cecilio University Hospital, Granada, Spain
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Uchino T, Kotsuji Y, Kitano T, Shiozawa T, Iida S, Aoki A, Iwai M, Shirahata M, Seki A, Mizuno M, Tanaka K, Nemoto T. An integrated youth mental health service in a densely populated metropolitan area in Japan: Clinical case management bridges the gap between mental health and illness services. Early Interv Psychiatry 2022; 16:568-575. [PMID: 34743415 DOI: 10.1111/eip.13229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2021] [Revised: 09/03/2021] [Accepted: 10/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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AIMS A global movement, including in Asia, is seeking to establish integrated youth mental health services that provide early intervention in the continuum from mental health to mental illness. Clinical case management (CCM), in which a case manager becomes not only a coordinator of services but also a provider of psychosocial support, can establish a 'one-stop network' that supports youth in densely populated areas with various social resources. In 2019, we opened a community-based centre called 'SODA' in front of a metropolitan railway station, which was designed to be highly accessible, stigma-free and youth-friendly to provide CCM. We aimed to clarify its services and effectiveness of CCM. METHODS Data from 105 youths were investigated in a case-controlled study, dividing them into two groups: those who had received CCM for 6 months, and those whose needs were met in fewer sessions. RESULTS Twenty-one subjects who received CCM for 6 months had difficulties in more domains than the others. The mean of the total service minutes for the subjects who received CCM for 6 months was 491.3 min: psychological support (accounted for 24.8% of the time), support for community living (31.2%), work support (13.8%), family support (10.5%) and support for cooperation with other organizations (19.8%). Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) score improved significantly, from 46.6 at baseline to 59.3 at 6 months. CONCLUSION Even in metropolitan areas with numerous medical facilities, young people can face high barriers to access. CCM can be effective as an early intervention for subjects developing mental illness.
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- Takashi Uchino
- SODA, Youth Mental Health Council, Adachi, Japan.,Department of Neuropsychiatry, Toho University Faculty of Medicine, Ota, Japan.,Tokyo Adachi Hospital, Adachi, Japan
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- SODA, Youth Mental Health Council, Adachi, Japan.,Tokyo Adachi Hospital, Adachi, Japan
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- SODA, Youth Mental Health Council, Adachi, Japan.,Department of Neuropsychiatry, Toho University Faculty of Medicine, Ota, Japan.,Tokyo Adachi Hospital, Adachi, Japan
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- SODA, Youth Mental Health Council, Adachi, Japan.,Department of Community Mental Health and Law, National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Kodaira, Japan
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- SODA, Youth Mental Health Council, Adachi, Japan.,Tokyo Adachi Hospital, Adachi, Japan
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- SODA, Youth Mental Health Council, Adachi, Japan.,Department of Neuropsychiatry, Toho University Faculty of Medicine, Ota, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Toho University Faculty of Medicine, Ota, Japan
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- SODA, Youth Mental Health Council, Adachi, Japan.,Tokyo Adachi Hospital, Adachi, Japan
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- SODA, Youth Mental Health Council, Adachi, Japan.,Tokyo Adachi Hospital, Adachi, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Toho University Faculty of Medicine, Ota, Japan.,Tokyo Metropolitan Matsuzawa Hospital, Setagaya, Japan
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- SODA, Youth Mental Health Council, Adachi, Japan.,Department of Neuropsychiatry, Toho University Faculty of Medicine, Ota, Japan.,Tokyo Adachi Hospital, Adachi, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Toho University Faculty of Medicine, Ota, Japan
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Leijdesdorff SMJ, Bakker JM, Lange I, Michielse S, Goossens L, Klaassen R, Popma A, Schruers K, Lieverse R, Marcelis M, van Os J, Wichers M, Myin-Germeys I, van Amelsvoort T. Home alone: Social functioning as a transdiagnostic marker of mental health in youth, exploring retrospective and daily life measurements. Compr Psychiatry 2022; 115:152309. [PMID: 35325672 DOI: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2022.152309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2021] [Revised: 02/25/2022] [Accepted: 03/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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PURPOSE Early detection and intervention of mental health problems in youth are topical given that mental disorders often start early in life. Young people with emerging mental disorders however, often present with non-specific, fluctuating symptoms. Recent reports indicate a decline in social functioning (SF) as an early sign of specific emerging mental disorders such as depression or anxiety, making SF a favorable transdiagnostic approach for earlier detection and intervention. Our aim was to investigate the value of SF in relation to transdiagnostic symptoms, and as a predictor of psychopathology over time, while exploring traditional retrospective versus innovative daily diary measurements of SF in youth. METHOD Participants (N = 75) were 16-25 years of age and presented early stage psychiatric symptomatology. Psychiatric symptoms, including anxiety and depression, as well as SF -both in retrospect and in daily life- were assessed at two time points and analyzed cross-sectionally and longitudinally. RESULTS A significant and negative association between SF and all psychiatric symptoms was found, and SF was a significant predictor of change in general psychiatric symptoms over time. Results were only significant when SF was measured traditionally retrospective. CONCLUSION This study confirms a distinct relation between SF and transdiagnostic psychiatric symptoms in youth, even in a (sub)clinical population, and points towards SF as a predictor of transdiagnostic psychiatric symptoms. Further research is needed to learn more about the added value of daily life versus retrospective measurements.
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- Sophie M J Leijdesdorff
- Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, Mental Health and Neuroscience (MNeNS) Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands.
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- Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, Mental Health and Neuroscience (MNeNS) Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands; Mondriaan Mental Health Center, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, Mental Health and Neuroscience (MNeNS) Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, Mental Health and Neuroscience (MNeNS) Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, Mental Health and Neuroscience (MNeNS) Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Levvel, Duivendrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Levvel, Duivendrecht, the Netherlands; Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, Mental Health and Neuroscience (MNeNS) Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands; Mondriaan Mental Health Center, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, Mental Health and Neuroscience (MNeNS) Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands; GGzE, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, Mental Health and Neuroscience (MNeNS) Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands; Mondriaan Mental Health Center, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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Formica MJC, Phillips LJ, Hartmann JA, Yung AR, Wood SJ, Lin A, Amminger GP, McGorry PD, Nelson B. Has improved treatment contributed to the declining rate of transition to psychosis in ultra-high-risk cohorts? Schizophr Res 2022; 243:276-284. [PMID: 32402606 DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2020.04.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2019] [Revised: 03/11/2020] [Accepted: 04/19/2020] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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BACKGROUND The factors contributing to declining psychotic disorder transition rates in ultra-high-risk populations remain unclear. We examined the contribution of longitudinal changes in standard clinical treatment ('treatment as usual') to this decline. METHOD An audit was conducted on 105 clinical files of patients who received standard care at a specialised ultra-high-risk service. The session notes of these files were quantified, allowing examination of treatment quantity, targets, psychotherapy, and medication. Differences in these aspects across patients' year of clinic entry were assessed. Variables with significant differences across years were examined using cox regression to assess their contribution to psychosis transition rates. RESULTS Findings were that, as a function of patients' year of clinic entry, there were increases in: patients' number of sessions, cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), problem and solving therapy. There was a relationship between baseline year cohort and psychosis transition rate, with lower rates observed in more recent cohorts. When changes in treatment between cohorts were adjusted for, the relationship between baseline year cohort and transition rate disappeared. The relationship between baseline year and transition rate was attenuated most by increases in CBT. CONCLUSION Changes in standard treatment, particularly increases in CBT, may have contributed to the decline in psychosis risk observed in recent ultra-high-risk cohorts, although these variables do not fully explain this trend. Implications for clinical practice, prediction and intervention research are discussed. Future ultra-high-risk research should investigate the impact of other treatment factors, such as therapeutic alliance.
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- M J C Formica
- Orygen, The National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Australia; Centre for Youth Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Australia.
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- Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Australia
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- Orygen, The National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Australia; Centre for Youth Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Australia
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- Orygen, The National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Australia; Centre for Youth Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Australia
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- Orygen, The National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Australia; Centre for Youth Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Australia; School of Psychology, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- Telethon Kids Institute, The University of Western Australia, Australia
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- Orygen, The National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Australia; Centre for Youth Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Australia
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- Orygen, The National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Australia; Centre for Youth Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Australia
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- Orygen, The National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Australia; Centre for Youth Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Australia
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Lång U, Yates K, Leacy FP, Clarke MC, McNicholas F, Cannon M, Kelleher I. Systematic Review and Meta-analysis: Psychosis Risk in Children and Adolescents With an At-Risk Mental State. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 2022; 61:615-625. [PMID: 34363965 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2021.07.593] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2021] [Revised: 07/08/2021] [Accepted: 07/28/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The "At Risk Mental State" (ARMS) approach to psychosis, also called "Clinical/Ultra High Risk," has had a major impact on psychosis services internationally. Despite well-established developmental differences in the prevalence and expression of psychotic symptoms from childhood into adulthood, there has been no systematic review of psychosis transitions specifically in children and adolescents up to age of 18 years. Evidence for this age group is crucial for developmentally appropriate clinical decisions by child and adolescent psychiatrists. METHOD Systematic review and meta-analysis of psychosis risk among children diagnosed with ARMS up to age 18 years, with pooled transition rates after 1-year, 2-year and ≥5-year follow-up. RESULTS We retrieved 1,107 records and identified 16 articles from 9 studies reporting transition rates on 436 individuals with ARMS aged 9 to 18 years. The pooled transition rate to psychosis at 1 year was 9.5% (95% CI = 5.5%-14.2%, 7 studies included), at 2-years 12.1% (95% CI = 6.7%-18.6%, 4 studies included), and at ≥5 years 16.1% (95% CI = 5.6%-30.0%, 4 studies included). We did not find evidence that the diagnosis of ARMS was associated with increased risk of psychosis once risk-enriching recruitment strategies were taken into account. CONCLUSION At 5-year follow-up, 1 in 6 youths diagnosed with an ARMS had transitioned to psychosis, but we did not find evidence that this risk was related to ARMS diagnosis as opposed to sampling/recruitment strategies. Our findings indicate a need for caution in applying ARMS methodology to children and adolescents. and highlight the need for developmentally sensitive approaches when considering psychosis risk.
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- Ulla Lång
- RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dublin, Ireland
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- RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dublin, Ireland
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- RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dublin, Ireland
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- School of Medicine, University College Dublin, Ireland; Lucena Clinic Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service, Dublin, Ireland; Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children, Dublin, Ireland
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- RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dublin, Ireland
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- RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dublin, Ireland; School of Medicine, University College Dublin, Ireland; Lucena Clinic Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service, Dublin, Ireland.
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Daneault JG, Shah JL. Unpacking the phenomenon of declining transition rates to first episode psychosis: The dyad of science and service reform in action. Schizophr Res 2022; 243:300-301. [PMID: 32943314 DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2020.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2020] [Revised: 06/27/2020] [Accepted: 07/05/2020] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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- Jean-Gabriel Daneault
- Prevention and Early Intervention Program for Psychoses (PEPP-Montreal), Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Montréal, QC, Canada; Clinique J.-P. Mottard, Hôpital en santé mentale Albert-Prévost, Montréal, QC, Canada; Département de Psychiatrie, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Prevention and Early Intervention Program for Psychoses (PEPP-Montreal), Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Montréal, QC, Canada; Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada.
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de Jong Y, Boon AE, Gouw D, van der Gaag M, Mulder CL. Improving screening methods for psychosis in an adolescent help-seeking population using the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) and the Youth Self Report (YSR) versus the Prodromal Questionnaire -16 items version (PQ-16). Child Adolesc Psychiatry Ment Health 2022; 16:25. [PMID: 35361241 PMCID: PMC8973987 DOI: 10.1186/s13034-022-00459-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2022] [Accepted: 03/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Screening methods for detecting Ultra High Risk status (UHR) or psychosis should be improved, especially in adolescent samples. We therefore tested whether the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) and the Youth Self Report (YSR) add value to the Prodromal Questionnaire-16 items version (PQ-16) for detecting UHR status or psychosis. METHODS We included help-seeking adolescents who had completed the PQ-16, YSR, CBCL, and a Comprehensive Assessment of an At Risk Mental States (CAARMS) interview, and used independent samples t-tests and binary logistic regression analyses to determine the scales contributing to the prediction of UHR status or of having reached the psychosis threshold (PT). Cutoff scores were determined using ROC analyses. RESULTS Our sample comprised 270 help-seeking adolescents (mean age 14.67; SD 1.56, range 12-17); 67.8% were girls and 66.3% were of Dutch origin. The Thought Problems syndrome scales of both the YSR and the CBCL best predicted UHR or PT, and had screening values comparable to the PQ-16. Other syndrome scales did not improve screening values. Although combining measures reduced the number of false negatives, it also increased the number of adolescents to be interviewed. The best choice was to combine the YSR Thought Problems scale and the PQ-16 as a first-step screener. CONCLUSIONS Combining measures improves the detection of UHR or PT in help-seeking adolescents. The Thought Problems subscales of the YSR and CBCL can both be used as a first-step screener in the detection of UHR and/or psychosis. Trial registration Permission was asked according to the rules of the Ethics Committee at Leiden. This study is registered as NL.44180.058.13.
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- Yvonne de Jong
- Parnassia Psychiatric Institute, Rotterdam and The Hague, the Netherlands. .,Department of Psychiatry, Epidemiological and Psychiatric Research Institute, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
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- grid.476585.d0000 0004 0447 7260Parnassia Psychiatric Institute, Rotterdam and The Hague, the Netherlands ,grid.10419.3d0000000089452978LUMC Curium - Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- grid.476585.d0000 0004 0447 7260Parnassia Psychiatric Institute, Rotterdam and The Hague, the Netherlands
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- grid.476585.d0000 0004 0447 7260Parnassia Psychiatric Institute, Rotterdam and The Hague, the Netherlands ,grid.12380.380000 0004 1754 9227Department of Clinical Psychology, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- grid.476585.d0000 0004 0447 7260Parnassia Psychiatric Institute, Rotterdam and The Hague, the Netherlands ,grid.5645.2000000040459992XDepartment of Psychiatry, Epidemiological and Psychiatric Research Institute, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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Akouri-Shan L, DeLuca JS, Pitts SC, Jay SY, Redman SL, Petti E, Bridgwater MA, Rakhshan Rouhakhtar PJ, Klaunig MJ, Chibani D, Martin EA, Reeves GM, Schiffman J. Internalized stigma mediates the relation between psychosis-risk symptoms and subjective quality of life in a help-seeking sample. Schizophr Res 2022; 241:298-305. [PMID: 35220169 DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2022.02.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2021] [Revised: 01/26/2022] [Accepted: 02/13/2022] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Subjective quality of life can be compromised in individuals with psychosis-risk symptoms, with poorer quality of life being associated with worse functioning and later transition to psychosis. Individuals who experience psychosis-related symptoms also tend to endorse more internalized (or self-) mental health stigma when compared to controls, potentially contributing to delays in seeking treatment and increased duration of untreated psychosis, as well as interfering with treatment engagement and retention in those already receiving care. Despite these findings, and the growing recognition for prevention in earlier phases of psychotic illness, few studies have examined the relation between psychosis-risk symptoms, internalized stigma, and subjective quality of life in a younger, help-seeking sample. The present study examined whether internalized stigma mediates the relation between psychosis-risk symptoms and subjective quality of life in a transdiagnostic sample of youth (M age = 17.93, SD = 2.90) at clinical high-risk for psychosis (CHR), with early psychosis, or with non-psychotic disorders (N = 72). Psychosis-risk symptom severity was assessed using the Structured Interview for Psychosis-Risk Syndromes (SIPS). Internalized stigma was assessed using the Internalized Stigma of Mental Illness Inventory (ISMI), and subjective quality of life was assessed using the Youth Quality of Life Instrument - Short Form (YQOL-SF). Internalized stigma fully mediated the relation between psychosis-risk symptoms and subjective quality of life across the full sample (p < .05, f2 = 0.06). Findings suggest that internalized stigma may be an important target in efforts to improve quality of life for individuals in early stages of psychosis.
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- LeeAnn Akouri-Shan
- Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore 21250, MD, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 1399 Park Ave., New York 10029, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore 21250, MD, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore 21250, MD, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore 21250, MD, USA
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- Department of Psychological Science, University of California, Irvine, 4201 Social and Behavioral Sciences Gateway, Irvine 92697, CA, USA
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- Department of Psychological Science, University of California, Irvine, 4201 Social and Behavioral Sciences Gateway, Irvine 92697, CA, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore 21250, MD, USA; Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 701 W. Pratt St., Baltimore 21201, MD, USA
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- Department of Psychological Science, University of California, Irvine, 4201 Social and Behavioral Sciences Gateway, Irvine 92697, CA, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore 21250, MD, USA
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- Department of Psychological Science, University of California, Irvine, 4201 Social and Behavioral Sciences Gateway, Irvine 92697, CA, USA
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- Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 701 W. Pratt St., Baltimore 21201, MD, USA
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- Department of Psychological Science, University of California, Irvine, 4201 Social and Behavioral Sciences Gateway, Irvine 92697, CA, USA.
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Estradé A, Salazar de Pablo G, Zanotti A, Wood S, Fisher HL, Fusar-Poli P. Public health primary prevention implemented by clinical high-risk services for psychosis. Transl Psychiatry 2022; 12:43. [PMID: 35091529 PMCID: PMC8799684 DOI: 10.1038/s41398-022-01805-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2021] [Revised: 01/08/2022] [Accepted: 01/14/2022] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Clinical High Risk for Psychosis (CHR-P) services have been primarily developed to support young people with attenuated symptoms (indicated prevention). No evidence-based appraisal has systematically investigated to what extent these clinics may implement other preventive approaches. PRISMA 2020-compliant systematic review of Web of Science, Cochrane Central Register of Reviews, and Ovid/PsychINFO, from inception until 14th June 2021, identifying original studies describing public health strategies: (a) service characteristics (configuration of mental health service, outreach, pathways to care); (b) universal interventions (general population); (c) selective interventions targeting CHR-P service-users or family/carers. Public health preventive initiatives were systematically stratified according to core social determinants of mental disorders associated with the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals promoted by the United Nations Member States (UN 2030 SDG) and good mental health outcomes. A total of 66 publications were included, providing data on 13 standalone, 40 integrated, three networks, and six regional or international surveys of CHR-P services across Europe, Asia, Oceania, Africa, North and South America, providing care to >28 M people. CHR-P services implement numerous public health initiatives targeting social and cultural (16 initiatives), economic (seven initiatives), demographic (six initiatives), environmental events (four initiatives) and neighbourhood (three initiatives) UN 2030 SGD determinants of mental disorders. There is additional evidence for CHR-P services promoting good mental health. The main barriers were the lack of resources for expanding public health prevention at a large scale. CHR-P services implement numerous public health prevention initiatives and promotion of good mental health beyond indicated prevention of psychosis.
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- Andrés Estradé
- grid.13097.3c0000 0001 2322 6764Early Psychosis: Interventions and Clinical-detection (EPIC) Lab, Department of Psychosis Studies, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King’s College London, London, UK
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- grid.13097.3c0000 0001 2322 6764Early Psychosis: Interventions and Clinical-detection (EPIC) Lab, Department of Psychosis Studies, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King’s College London, London, UK ,grid.410526.40000 0001 0277 7938Institute of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón School of Medicine, Universidad Complutense, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Gregorio Marañón (IiSGM), CIBERSAM, Madrid, Spain ,grid.37640.360000 0000 9439 0839Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- grid.8982.b0000 0004 1762 5736Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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- grid.47100.320000000419368710Yale School of Medicine, Yale University, New Heaven, CT USA
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- grid.13097.3c0000 0001 2322 6764King’s College London, Social, Genetic & Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, London, UK ,grid.13097.3c0000 0001 2322 6764Economic & Social Research Council (ESRC) Centre for Society and Mental Health, King’s College London, London, UK
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- Early Psychosis: Interventions and Clinical-detection (EPIC) Lab, Department of Psychosis Studies, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK. .,Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy. .,National Institute for Health Research, Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK. .,OASIS Service, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
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Clinical outcomes in individuals at clinical high risk of psychosis who do not transition to psychosis: a meta-analysis. Epidemiol Psychiatr Sci 2022; 31:e9. [PMID: 35042573 PMCID: PMC8786617 DOI: 10.1017/s2045796021000639] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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AIMS The clinical outcomes of individuals at clinical high risk of psychosis (CHR-P) who do not transition to psychosis are heterogeneous and inconsistently reported. We aimed to comprehensively evaluate longitudinally a wide range of outcomes in CHR-P individuals not developing psychosis. METHODS "Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses" and "Meta-analysis Of Observational Studies in Epidemiology"-compliant meta-analysis (PROSPERO: CRD42021229212) searching original CHR-P longitudinal studies in PubMed and Web of Science databases up to 01/11/2021. As primary analysis, we evaluated the following outcomes within CHR-P non-transitioning individuals: (a) change in the severity of attenuated psychotic symptoms (Hedge's g); (b) change in the severity of negative psychotic symptoms (Hedge's g); (c) change in the severity of depressive symptoms (Hedge's g); (d) change in the level of functioning (Hedge's g); (e) frequency of remission (at follow-up). As a secondary analysis, we compared these outcomes in those CHR-P individuals who did not transition vs. those who did transition to psychosis at follow-up. We conducted random-effects model meta-analyses, sensitivity analyses, heterogeneity analyses, meta-regressions and publication bias assessment. The risk of bias was assessed using a modified version of the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale (NOS). RESULTS Twenty-eight studies were included (2756 CHR-P individuals, mean age = 20.4, 45.5% females). The mean duration of follow-up of the included studies was of 30.7 months. Primary analysis: attenuated psychotic symptoms [Hedges' g = 1.410, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.002-1.818]; negative psychotic symptoms (Hedges' g = 0.683, 95% CI 0.371-0.995); depressive symptoms (Hedges' g = 0.844, 95% CI 0.371-1.317); and functioning (Hedges' g = 0.776, 95% CI 0.463-1.089) improved in CHR-P non-transitioning individuals; 48.7% remitted at follow-up (95% CI 39.3-58.2%). Secondary analysis: attenuated psychotic symptoms (Hedges' g = 0.706, 95% CI 0.091-1.322) and functioning (Hedges' g = 0.623, 95% CI 0.375-0.871) improved in CHR-P individuals not-transitioning compared to those transitioning to psychosis, but there were no differences in negative or depressive symptoms or frequency of remission (p > 0.05). Older age was associated with higher improvements of attenuated psychotic symptoms (β = 0.225, p = 0.012); publication years were associated with a higher improvement of functioning (β = -0.124, p = 0.0026); a lower proportion of Brief Limited Intermittent Psychotic Symptoms was associated with higher frequencies of remission (β = -0.054, p = 0.0085). There was no metaregression impact for study continent, the psychometric instrument used, the quality of the study or proportion of females. The NOS scores were 4.4 ± 0.9, ranging from 3 to 6, revealing the moderate quality of the included studies. CONCLUSIONS Clinical outcomes improve in CHR-P individuals not transitioning to psychosis but only less than half remit over time. Sustained clinical attention should be provided in the longer term to monitor these outcomes.
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Changes in social functioning over the course of psychotic disorders-A meta-analysis. Schizophr Res 2022; 239:55-82. [PMID: 34844096 DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2021.11.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2021] [Revised: 10/15/2021] [Accepted: 11/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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In this meta-analysis we investigated changes in social functioning and its moderators in patients with a psychotic disorder but different durations of illness at baseline. We included longitudinal studies assessing the course of five domains of social functioning in patients with a psychotic disorder. Effect sizes of change between baseline and follow-up within these domains were analyzed in four subgroups based on durations of psychotic disorder at baseline: less than 2 years, between 2 and 5 years, between 5 and 10 years, and more than 10 years. The influence of baseline confounders was analyzed using meta-regression and sensitivity analysis. We included 84 studies analyzing 33,456 participants. We found a medium improvement (d = 0.60) in overall social functioning over time, with a greater improvement for studies investigating patients with a duration of illness of less than 5 years. We found minor improvement in specific domains of social functioning, such as vocational functioning (d = 0.31), prosocial behavior (d = 0.36), activities (d = 0.15), and independence (d = 0.25). Improvement in social functioning was associated with lower baseline levels of negative symptoms, higher baseline levels of quality of life, and, specifically, improved vocational functioning, with rehabilitation and combined treatment. Social functioning in patients with psychotic disorders improves over time, especially for patients with shorter illness durations. Reduction of negative symptoms and improving quality of life might reinforce improvement of social functioning.
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Estradé A, Spencer TJ, De Micheli A, Murguia-Asensio S, Provenzani U, McGuire P, Fusar-Poli P. Mapping the implementation and challenges of clinical services for psychosis prevention in England. Front Psychiatry 2022; 13:945505. [PMID: 36660464 PMCID: PMC9844094 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.945505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2022] [Accepted: 11/28/2022] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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INTRODUCTION Indicated primary prevention of psychosis is recommended by NICE clinical guidelines, but implementation research on Clinical High Risk for Psychosis (CHR-P) services is limited. METHODS Electronic audit of CHR-P services in England, conducted between June and September 2021, addressing core implementation domains: service configuration, detection of at-risk individuals, prognostic assessment, clinical care, clinical research, and implementation challenges, complemented by comparative analyses across service model. Descriptive statistics, Fisher's exact test and Mann-Whitney U-tests were employed. RESULTS Twenty-four CHR-P clinical services (19 cities) were included. Most (83.3%) services were integrated within other mental health services; only 16.7% were standalone. Across 21 services, total yearly caseload of CHR-P individuals was 693 (average: 33; range: 4-115). Most services (56.5%) accepted individuals aged 14-35; the majority (95.7%) utilized the Comprehensive Assessment of At Risk Mental States (CAARMS). About 65% of services reported some provision of NICE-compliant interventions encompassing monitoring of mental state, cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), and family interventions. However, only 66.5 and 4.9% of CHR-P individuals actually received CBT and family interventions, respectively. Core implementation challenges included: recruitment of specialized professionals, lack of dedicated budget, and unmet training needs. Standalone services reported fewer implementation challenges, had larger caseloads (p = 0.047) and were more likely to engage with clinical research (p = 0.037) than integrated services. DISCUSSION While implementation of CHR-P services is observed in several parts of England, only standalone teams appear successful at detection of at-risk individuals. Compliance with NICE-prescribed interventions is limited across CHR-P services and unmet needs emerge for national training and investments.
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- Andrés Estradé
- Early Psychosis: Interventions and Clinical-Detection (EPIC) Lab, Department of Psychosis Studies, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Psychosis Studies, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College, London, United Kingdom.,Outreach and Support in South London (OASIS) Service, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
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- Early Psychosis: Interventions and Clinical-Detection (EPIC) Lab, Department of Psychosis Studies, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.,Outreach and Support in South London (OASIS) Service, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
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- Tower Hamlets Early Detection Service (THEDS), East London NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Psychosis Studies, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College, London, United Kingdom
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- Early Psychosis: Interventions and Clinical-Detection (EPIC) Lab, Department of Psychosis Studies, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.,Outreach and Support in South London (OASIS) Service, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom.,Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy.,National Institute for Health Research, Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
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van der Zeijst MCE, Veling W, Makhathini EM, Mbatha ND, Shabalala SS, van Hoeken D, Susser E, Burns JK, Hoek HW. Course of psychotic experiences and disorders among apprentice traditional health practitioners in rural South Africa: 3-year follow-up study. Front Psychiatry 2022; 13:956003. [PMID: 36245859 PMCID: PMC9558832 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.956003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2022] [Accepted: 09/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Culture is inevitably linked with the experience, interpretation and course of what modern biomedicine understands to be psychotic symptoms. However, data on psychoses in low- and middle-income countries are sparse. Our previous study showed that psychotic and mood-related experiences, symptoms and disorders are common among individuals who had received the ancestral calling to become a traditional health practitioner (THP) in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Our related ethnographic study suggested that ukuthwasa (the training to become a THP) may positively moderate these calling-related symptoms. As far as we know, no research has been conducted into the course of psychiatric symptoms among apprentice THPs. OBJECTIVE We studied the course of psychotic experiences, symptoms and disorders among apprentice THPs. We also assessed their level of functioning and expanded our knowledge on ukuthwasa. MATERIALS AND METHODS We performed a 3-year follow-up of a baseline sample of apprentice THPs (n = 48). Psychiatric assessments (CAPE, SCAN), assessment of functioning (WHODAS) and a semi-structured qualitative questionnaire were completed for 42 individuals. RESULTS At 3-year follow-up, psychotic experiences were associated with significantly less distress and there was a reduction in frequency of psychotic symptoms compared to baseline. The number of participants with psychotic disorders had decreased from 7 (17%) to 4 (10%). Six out of seven participants (86%) with a psychotic disorder at baseline no longer had a psychiatric diagnosis at follow-up. Although the mean level of disability among the (apprentice) THPs corresponded with the 78th percentile found in the general population, 37 participants (88%) reported no or mild disability. Forty-one participants (98%) reported that ukuthwasa had positively influenced their psychiatric symptoms. CONCLUSION In rural KwaZulu-Natal, psychotic experiences, symptoms and disorders have a benign course in most individuals who are undergoing the process of becoming a THP. Ukuthwasa may be an effective, culturally sanctioned, healing intervention for some selected individuals, potentially because it reframes distressing experiences into positive and highly valued experiences, reduces stigma, and enhances social empowerment and identity construction. This implies that cultural and spiritual interventions can have a positive influence on the course of psychosis.
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- Department of Psychiatry, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
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- Department of Nursing, Durban University of Technology, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa.,Department of Psychiatry, Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
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- Department of Psychiatry, Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
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- Department of Psychiatry, Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
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- Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, United States.,New York State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry, Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.,Institute of Health Research, University of Exeter Medical School, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom
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- Parnassia Psychiatric Institute, The Hague, Netherlands.,Department of Psychiatry, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands.,Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, United States
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Thompson EC, Andorko ND, Rouhakhtar PR, Millman ZB, Sagun K, Han SC, Chibani D, Reeves GM, Herman B, Schiffman J. Psychosis-Spectrum Screening and Assessment Within a College Counseling Center: A Pilot Study Exploring Feasibility and Clinical Need. JOURNAL OF COLLEGE STUDENT PSYCHOTHERAPY 2022; 36:201-222. [PMID: 35694629 PMCID: PMC9175646 DOI: 10.1080/87568225.2020.1797604] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
Abstract
Evidence supports the use of brief psychosis-spectrum screening tools for identifying individuals at an increased risk of developing a psychotic disorder. Screening has not been well studied in general mental health settings that serve young adults in the age range associated with highest risk for psychosis. This study explored the feasibility of psychosis-risk screening and assessment among help-seeking students at a university counseling center. The PRIME Screen-Revised was administered to students at clinic intake. Participants who screened positively were offered a follow-up assessment using the Structured Interview for Psychosis-risk Syndromes (SIPS). At intake, 510 students completed the PRIME Screen-Revised, with 132 (25.9%) screening positive. Comprehensive psychosis-spectrum evaluations were completed with 38 participants, and 22 met criteria for a psychosis-spectrum disorder, representing 57.9% of this subsample. Findings suggest that psychosis-risk screening in a college clinic is a promising approach to identifying those at high risk for or in the early stages of psychosis.
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Affiliation(s)
- Elizabeth C. Thompson
- Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Catonsville, MD, 21250
| | - Nicole D. Andorko
- Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Catonsville, MD, 21250
| | | | - Zachary B. Millman
- Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Catonsville, MD, 21250
| | - Kristin Sagun
- Counseling Center, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Catonsville, MD, 21250
| | - Susan C. Han
- Counseling Center, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Catonsville, MD, 21250
| | - Doha Chibani
- Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Catonsville, MD, 21250
| | - Gloria M. Reeves
- Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, 21201
| | - Bruce Herman
- Counseling Center, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Catonsville, MD, 21250
| | - Jason Schiffman
- Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Catonsville, MD, 21250
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