Emotional Experiences Predict the Conversion of Individuals with Attenuated Psychosis Syndrome to Psychosis: A 6-Month Follow up Study

Frontiers in Psychology

Fa Zhan Chen¹ 

关键词: emotional experiences;    Attenuated Psychosis Syndrome;    prediction;    conversion;    psychosis;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00818

学科分类：心理学（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

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.

【 授权许可】

CC BY