Should a "Risk Syndrome for Psychosis" be included in the DSMV?

AR Yung; B Nelson; AD Thompson; SJ Wood

Journal article

Should a "Risk Syndrome for Psychosis" be included in the DSMV?

AR Yung, B Nelson, AD Thompson, SJ Wood

Schizophrenia Research | Published : 2010

DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2010.03.017

Abstract

The proposed Risk Syndrome for Psychosis (RS) criteria are derived from the Ultra High Risk criteria (UHR) and prodromal or Clinical High Risk criteria (CHR), and consist of subthreshold or attenuated positive psychotic symptoms with operationalized recency and frequency criteria. The rationale behind the proposed inclusion of the RS in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSMV) is that several studies have found that the UHR/prodromal/CHR criteria predict onset of psychotic disorder, mainly schizophrenia, within a brief time period of a few years. Identifying individuals meeting these criteria thus affords the possibility of early intervention to prevent..

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Barnaby Nelson Author

Andrew Thompson Author

Stephen Wood Author

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Funding Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Senior Research Fellowship to Prof Yung and a NHMRC Clinical Career Development Award to Assoc Prof Wood, by a Ronald Griffith Fellowship and National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression (NARSAD) Young Investigator Award to Dr Nelson, by a NHMRC Program Grant (#566529) and by the Colonial Foundation Philanthropic Trust.