Title |
Emotional Experiences Predict the Conversion of Individuals with Attenuated Psychosis Syndrome to Psychosis: A 6-Month Follow up Study
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Published in |
Frontiers in Psychology, June 2016
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DOI | 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00818 |
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Authors |
Fa Zhan Chen, Yi Wang, Xi Rong Sun, Yu Hong Yao, Ning Zhang, Hui Fen Qiao, Lan Zhang, Zhan Jiang Li, Hong Lin, Zheng Lu, Jing Li, Raymond C. K. Chan, Xu Dong Zhao |
Abstract |
The present study explored the conversion rate in individuals with Attenuated Psychosis Syndrome (APS) and potential predictor for transition in mainland China. Sixty-three participants identified as APS were followed up 6 months later. The results showed that 17% of individuals with APS converted to full-blown psychosis. The converters exhibited significantly poorer emotional experience and expression than the non-converters at baseline. A further binary logistic regression analysis showed that emotional experience could predict the transition (Wald = 4.18, p = 0.041, 95% CI = 1.04~6.82). The present study suggests an important role of emotional processing in the prediction of the development of full-blown psychosis. |
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