Emotion recognition as a predictor of transition to a psychotic disorder in ultra-high risk participants

KA Allott; MR Schäfer; A Thompson; B Nelson; S Bendall; CF Bartholomeusz; HP Yuen; PD McGorry; M Schlögelhofer; A Bechdolf; GP Amminger

Journal article

Emotion recognition as a predictor of transition to a psychotic disorder in ultra-high risk participants

KA Allott, MR Schäfer, A Thompson, B Nelson, S Bendall, CF Bartholomeusz, HP Yuen, PD McGorry, M Schlögelhofer, A Bechdolf, GP Amminger

Schizophrenia Research | ELSEVIER | Published : 2014

DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2014.01.037

Abstract

Aims: Recent research has shown emotion recognition to be impaired in individuals at ultra-high risk (UHR) for developing a psychotic disorder compared to healthy controls. This longitudinal study aimed to examine whether disturbed emotion recognition measured in UHR participants at baseline predicts transition to a psychotic disorder within 12. months. Methods: Thirty-seven UHR participants aged 13-22. years participated in the study. At baseline participants completed face and prosody emotion recognition tasks, as well as measures of psychopathology, functioning, and IQ. Transition to a psychotic disorder over 12. months was the primary outcome. A series of Cox regressions was performed wi..

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Funding Acknowledgements

This research was supported by grant # 03T-315 from the Stanley Medical Research Institute and National Bank of Austria grant # 9848. G. P. A. was supported by grant # 566529 from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), Australia; K. A., C. B. and S. B. were supported by postdoctoral clinical research training fellowships from the NHMRC, Australia (#628884, #567042 and #1036425, respectively); and B.N. was supported by a Career Development Fellowship from the NHMRC, Australia (#1027532).