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

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Allott, K. A., Schäfer, Martin, Thompson, Andrew David, Nelson, Bethany, Bendall, S., Bartholomeusz, C. F., Yuen, H. P., McGorry, Patrick D., Schlogelhofer, M., Bechdolf, A. and Amminger, G. P. (2014) Emotion recognition as a predictor of transition to a psychotic disorder in ultra-high risk participants. Schizophrenia Research, 153 (1-3). pp. 25-31. doi:10.1016/j.schres.2014.01.037

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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 12months.
METHODS:
Thirty-seven UHR participants aged 13-22years 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 12months was the primary outcome. A series of Cox regressions was performed with emotion recognition as the predictor variable, while controlling for covariates, with time to transition to a psychotic disorder as the dependent variable.
RESULTS:
Eleven (29.7%) of the 37 participants transitioned to a psychotic disorder over the 12-month follow-up period. Total face or prosody emotion recognition accuracy was not predictive of transition to a psychotic disorder. However, examination of recognition of specific emotions, while controlling for positive, negative and global symptoms and functioning, revealed that accuracy in identifying neutral (p=.037) and fearful (p=.015) emotion predicted transition to a psychotic disorder. Specifically, lower accuracy in identifying neutral emotion and higher accuracy in identifying fearful emotion were predictive of transition to a psychotic disorder within 12months. Examination of the separate modalities revealed that this finding held for face but not for prosody emotion recognition.
CONCLUSION:
These findings suggest that emotion recognition abilities may be prognostic for the development of psychotic disorders, but further studies are needed.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
R Medicine > RC Internal medicine
Divisions: Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences > Mental Health and Wellbeing
Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Psychoses -- Risk factors, Mental illness, Emotion recognition
Journal or Publication Title: Schizophrenia Research
Publisher: Elsevier BV
ISSN: 0920-9964
Official Date: March 2014
Dates:
DateEvent
March 2014Published
16 February 2014Available
14 January 2014Accepted
19 June 2013Submitted
Volume: 153
Number: 1-3
Page Range: pp. 25-31
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2014.01.037
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access
RIOXX Funder/Project Grant:
Project/Grant IDRIOXX Funder NameFunder ID
#03T-315Stanley Medical Research Institutehttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100007123
#9848Oesterreichische Nationalbankhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100004061
#566529 National Health and Medical Research Councilhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000925
#628884National Health and Medical Research Councilhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000925
#567042 National Health and Medical Research Councilhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000925
#1036425National Health and Medical Research Councilhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000925
#1027532National Health and Medical Research Councilhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000925
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