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Coid JW, Zhang Y, Zeng J, Li X, Lv Q, Tang W, Wang Q, Deng W, Guo W, Zhao L, Ma X, Meng Y, Li M, Wang H, Chen T, Yang M, Li T. Testing extra-linearity across a psychosis continuum. BMC Psychiatry 2021; 21:574. [PMID: 34784908 PMCID: PMC8594101 DOI: 10.1186/s12888-021-03498-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2021] [Accepted: 09/27/2021] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND It is unclear whether psychotic experiences (PEs) gradually merge into states of clinical psychosis along a continuum which correspond to a dimensional classification or whether latent classes appear above a certain severity threshold which correspond better to diagnostic categories of psychosis. METHODS Annual cross-sectional surveys, 2014-19, among Chinese undergraduates (N = 47,004) measured PEs, depression and etiological risk factors using standardized self-report instruments. We created a psychosis continuum with five levels and tested linear and extra-linear contrasts in associated etiological risk factors, before and after adjustment for depression. We carried out latent class analysis. RESULTS Categorical expression of psychosis, including hallucinations and delusions, nuclear symptoms, and nuclear symptoms and depression were found at severe level 5. Etiological risk factors which impacted linearly across the continuum were more common for depression. Child maltreatment impacted extra-linearly on both psychosis and depression. Family history of psychosis impacted linearly on psychosis; male sex and urban birth impacted extra-linearly and were specific for psychosis. Four latent classes were found, but only at level 5. These corresponded to nuclear schizophrenia symptoms, nuclear schizophrenia and depressive symptoms, severe depression, and an unclassified category with moderate prevalence of PEs. CONCLUSION Quantitative and qualitative changes in the underlying structure of psychosis were observed at the most severe level along a psychosis continuum, where four latent classes emerged. These corresponded to existing categorical classifications but require confirmation with clinical interview. PEs are non-specific and our findings suggest some are on a continuum with depression, whilst others are on a continuum with non-affective psychosis. Differing patterns of impact from etiological risk factors across the spectrum of psychopathology determine outcome at the most severe level of these continua.
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- Jeremy W. Coid
- grid.412901.f0000 0004 1770 1022Mental Health Center and Psychiatric Laboratory, the State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan China
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- grid.412901.f0000 0004 1770 1022Mental Health Center and Psychiatric Laboratory, the State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan China
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- grid.412901.f0000 0004 1770 1022Mental Health Center and Psychiatric Laboratory, the State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan China
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- grid.412901.f0000 0004 1770 1022Mental Health Center and Psychiatric Laboratory, the State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan China
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- grid.412901.f0000 0004 1770 1022Mental Health Center and Psychiatric Laboratory, the State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan China
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- grid.13291.380000 0001 0807 1581Institute of Emergency Management and Post-disaster Reconstruction, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan China ,grid.13291.380000 0001 0807 1581Centre for Psychological Educational and Consultation, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan China
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- grid.412901.f0000 0004 1770 1022Mental Health Center and Psychiatric Laboratory, the State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan China
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- grid.412901.f0000 0004 1770 1022Mental Health Center and Psychiatric Laboratory, the State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan China ,grid.469604.90000 0004 1765 5222Hangzhou Seventh People’s Hospital, Affiliated Mental Health Center, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hang zhou, Zhejiang China
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- grid.412901.f0000 0004 1770 1022Mental Health Center and Psychiatric Laboratory, the State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan China
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- grid.412901.f0000 0004 1770 1022Mental Health Center and Psychiatric Laboratory, the State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan China
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- grid.412901.f0000 0004 1770 1022Mental Health Center and Psychiatric Laboratory, the State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan China
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- grid.412901.f0000 0004 1770 1022Mental Health Center and Psychiatric Laboratory, the State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan China
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- grid.412901.f0000 0004 1770 1022Mental Health Center and Psychiatric Laboratory, the State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan China
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- grid.412901.f0000 0004 1770 1022Mental Health Center and Psychiatric Laboratory, the State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan China
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- grid.412901.f0000 0004 1770 1022Mental Health Center and Psychiatric Laboratory, the State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan China
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- grid.13291.380000 0001 0807 1581Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, West China School of Public Health, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan China ,grid.13291.380000 0001 0807 1581West China Research Center for Rural Health Development, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan China
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- Mental Health Center and Psychiatric Laboratory, the State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China. .,Hangzhou Seventh People's Hospital, Affiliated Mental Health Center, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hang zhou, Zhejiang, China.
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Coid JW, Zhang Y, Sun H, Yu H, Wei W, Li X, Lv Q, Tang W, Wang Q, Deng W, Guo W, Zhao L, Ma X, Meng Y, Li M, Wang H, Chen T, Li T. Impact of urban birth and upbringing on expression of psychosis in a Chinese undergraduate population. BMC Psychiatry 2021; 21:493. [PMID: 34625040 PMCID: PMC8501541 DOI: 10.1186/s12888-021-03475-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2021] [Accepted: 09/16/2021] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Urban birth and upbringing show consistent associations with psychotic illness but the key urban exposures remain unknown. Associations with psychotic-like experiences (PEs) are inconsistent. These could be confounded by common mental disorders associated with PEs. Furthermore, associations between PEs and urban exposures may not extrapolate to psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia. METHODS Annual cross-sectional surveys among first year Chinese undergraduates 2014-2019 (n = 47,004). Self-reported, hierarchical categorisation of psychosis: from psychoticism, paranoid ideation, schizotypal symptoms, nuclear syndrome using SCL-90-R, to clinical diagnosis of schizophrenia. Depressive symptoms using PHQ 9. Dissociative symptoms and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) measured using PCL-C. Etiological factors of family history and childhood disadvantage. We studied effects of urban birth, urban living and critical times of exposure in childhood on psychosis phenotypes. RESULTS Associations with urbanicity were found only after adjustments for depression. Urban birth was associated with paranoia (AOR 1.34, 1.18-1.53), schizotypal symptoms (AOR 1.59, 1.29-1.96), and schizophrenia (AOR 2.07, 1.10-3.87). The same phenotypes showed associations with urban residence > 10 years. Only schizophrenia showed an association with urban exposure birth-3 years (AOR 7.01, 1.90-25.86). Child maltreatment was associated with both psychosis and depression. Urbanicity measured across the total sample did not show any associations with demography, family history of psychosis, or child maltreatment. Sensitivity analysis additionally adjusting for dissociative symptoms and PTSD showed the same pattern of findings. CONCLUSIONS Urban birth and urban living showed a hierarchical pattern of increasing associations from paranoid ideation to schizotypal disorder to schizophrenia, confirming that associations for psychotic experiences could be extrapolated to schizophrenia, but only after adjusting for confounding from depression, dissociative symptoms and PTSD. Several etiological factors were the same for psychosis and depression. Future studies of PEs should adjust for confounding from common mental disorders and dissociative symptoms. Effects of urbanicity on psychosis were not explained by demography, family history of mental disorder, or child maltreatment.
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- Jeremy W. Coid
- grid.412901.f0000 0004 1770 1022Mental Health Center and Psychiatric Laboratory, the State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, No. 28 Dianxin South street, Chengdu, 610041 Sichuan China
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- grid.412901.f0000 0004 1770 1022Mental Health Center and Psychiatric Laboratory, the State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, No. 28 Dianxin South street, Chengdu, 610041 Sichuan China
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- grid.412901.f0000 0004 1770 1022Mental Health Center and Psychiatric Laboratory, the State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, No. 28 Dianxin South street, Chengdu, 610041 Sichuan China
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- grid.412901.f0000 0004 1770 1022Mental Health Center and Psychiatric Laboratory, the State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, No. 28 Dianxin South street, Chengdu, 610041 Sichuan China
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- grid.412901.f0000 0004 1770 1022Mental Health Center and Psychiatric Laboratory, the State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, No. 28 Dianxin South street, Chengdu, 610041 Sichuan China
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- grid.412901.f0000 0004 1770 1022Mental Health Center and Psychiatric Laboratory, the State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, No. 28 Dianxin South street, Chengdu, 610041 Sichuan China
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- grid.412901.f0000 0004 1770 1022Mental Health Center and Psychiatric Laboratory, the State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, No. 28 Dianxin South street, Chengdu, 610041 Sichuan China
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- grid.13291.380000 0001 0807 1581Institute of Emergency Management and Post-disaster Reconstruction, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan China ,grid.13291.380000 0001 0807 1581Centre for Psychological Educational and Consultation, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan China
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- grid.412901.f0000 0004 1770 1022Mental Health Center and Psychiatric Laboratory, the State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, No. 28 Dianxin South street, Chengdu, 610041 Sichuan China
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- grid.412901.f0000 0004 1770 1022Mental Health Center and Psychiatric Laboratory, the State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, No. 28 Dianxin South street, Chengdu, 610041 Sichuan China ,grid.13402.340000 0004 1759 700XHangzhou Seventh People’s Hospital, Affiliated Mental Health Center, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang China
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- grid.412901.f0000 0004 1770 1022Mental Health Center and Psychiatric Laboratory, the State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, No. 28 Dianxin South street, Chengdu, 610041 Sichuan China
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- grid.412901.f0000 0004 1770 1022Mental Health Center and Psychiatric Laboratory, the State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, No. 28 Dianxin South street, Chengdu, 610041 Sichuan China
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- grid.412901.f0000 0004 1770 1022Mental Health Center and Psychiatric Laboratory, the State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, No. 28 Dianxin South street, Chengdu, 610041 Sichuan China
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- grid.412901.f0000 0004 1770 1022Mental Health Center and Psychiatric Laboratory, the State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, No. 28 Dianxin South street, Chengdu, 610041 Sichuan China
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- grid.412901.f0000 0004 1770 1022Mental Health Center and Psychiatric Laboratory, the State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, No. 28 Dianxin South street, Chengdu, 610041 Sichuan China
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- grid.412901.f0000 0004 1770 1022Mental Health Center and Psychiatric Laboratory, the State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, No. 28 Dianxin South street, Chengdu, 610041 Sichuan China
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- grid.412901.f0000 0004 1770 1022Mental Health Center and Psychiatric Laboratory, the State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, No. 28 Dianxin South street, Chengdu, 610041 Sichuan China
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- Mental Health Center and Psychiatric Laboratory, the State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, No. 28 Dianxin South street, Chengdu, 610041, Sichuan, China. .,Hangzhou Seventh People's Hospital, Affiliated Mental Health Center, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
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Suh H, Lee BD, Park JM, Lee YM, Moon E, Jeong HJ, Kim SY, Lee KY, Chung YI. Heritability and familiality of psychopathologic dimensions in Korean families with schizophrenia. Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 2019; 73:126-131. [PMID: 30588715 PMCID: PMC7199795 DOI: 10.1111/pcn.12817] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2018] [Revised: 12/13/2018] [Accepted: 12/25/2018] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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AIM Categorical syndromes such as schizophrenia could be a combination of many continuous mental structure phenotypes including several personality development/degeneration dimensions. This study investigated the heritability and familiality of symptom check list (SCL) psychopathologic dimensions in Korean schizophrenia linkage disequilibrium families. METHOD We recruited 204 probands (with schizophrenia) with their parents and siblings whenever possible. We used the SCL questionnaire to measure psychopathologic dimensions. The heritability of symptomatic dimensions in 543 family members was estimated using Sequential Oligogenic Linkage Analysis Routines (SOLAR). Psychopathologic dimensions in the 543 family members were compared with those in 307 healthy unrelated controls to measure familiality on using analysis of variance (ANOVA) analysis. RESULTS Five of the nine SCL variables were significantly heritable and were included in the subsequent analyses. The three groups (control, unaffected first-degree relative, schizophrenia patient) were found to be significantly different with regard to the expected order of average group scores for all heritable dimensions. CONCLUSION Aberrations in several symptomatic dimensions could contribute to the complexity of schizophrenia syndrome as a result of genetic-environment coaction or interaction in spite of some limitations (recruited family, phenotyping).
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- Hwagyu Suh
- Department of Psychiatry, Pusan National University Hospital, Busan, Korea.,Medical Research Institute, Pusan National University Hospital, Busan, Korea
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- Department of Psychiatry, Pusan National University Hospital, Busan, Korea.,Medical Research Institute, Pusan National University Hospital, Busan, Korea.,Department of Psychiatry, Pusan National University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea
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- Department of Psychiatry, Pusan National University Hospital, Busan, Korea.,Medical Research Institute, Pusan National University Hospital, Busan, Korea.,Department of Psychiatry, Pusan National University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea
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- Department of Psychiatry, Pusan National University Hospital, Busan, Korea.,Medical Research Institute, Pusan National University Hospital, Busan, Korea.,Department of Psychiatry, Pusan National University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea
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- Department of Psychiatry, Pusan National University Hospital, Busan, Korea.,Medical Research Institute, Pusan National University Hospital, Busan, Korea.,Department of Psychiatry, Pusan National University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea
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- Department of Psychiatry, Pusan National University Hospital, Busan, Korea.,Medical Research Institute, Pusan National University Hospital, Busan, Korea
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- Department of Psychiatry, Pusan National University Hospital, Busan, Korea.,Medical Research Institute, Pusan National University Hospital, Busan, Korea
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- Department of Psychiatry, Pusan National University Hospital, Busan, Korea.,Medical Research Institute, Pusan National University Hospital, Busan, Korea
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- Department of Psychiatry, Pusan National University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea
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Preti A, Carta MG, Petretto DR. Factor structure models of the SCL-90-R: Replicability across community samples of adolescents. Psychiatry Res 2019; 272:491-498. [PMID: 30611969 DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2018.12.146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2018] [Revised: 12/01/2018] [Accepted: 12/28/2018] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Abstract
Derogatis' Symptom Checklist-90-Revised (SCL-90-R) is one of the most widely used measures of psychological distress in both the clinical and the research settings, although its factor structure is still debated. In this study, the factor structure of the SCL-90-R has been investigated in two independent samples of Italian adolescents. Two samples of 817 (urban sample) and 507 (rural sample) adolescents attending high schools were involved. Confirmatory factorial analysis (CFA) was used alongside hierarchical nested, progressively constrained models to assess configural, metric and scalar invariance of the best models fitted by CFA. The standard nine-factor structure of the SCL-90-R resulted reproducible and invariant between the two samples, in both its correlated and hierarchical second-order implementations. Estimated reliability of the nine scales of the SCL-90-R was optimal. This study also confirmed the reproducibility of the bifactor models of the SCL-90-R with nine orthogonally independent factors and with nine correlated primary factors, which have been tested in some recent studies. Overall, the SCL-90-R measures both common and unique features of psychological distress in community samples. The measurement invariance across different levels of psychological distress in the factor structure of the SCL-90-R is an issue deserving further testing and investigation.
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- Antonio Preti
- Center for Liaison Psychiatry and Psychosomatics, University Hospital, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy; Section on Clinical Psychology, Department of Education, Psychology, Philosophy, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy; Genneruxi Medical Center, Cagliari, Italy.
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- Center for Liaison Psychiatry and Psychosomatics, University Hospital, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
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- Section on Clinical Psychology, Department of Education, Psychology, Philosophy, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
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Unterrassner L, Wyss TA, Wotruba D, Haker H, Rössler W. The Intricate Relationship between Psychotic-Like Experiences and Associated Subclinical Symptoms in Healthy Individuals. Front Psychol 2017; 8:1537. [PMID: 28936192 PMCID: PMC5594214 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2017] [Accepted: 08/24/2017] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
Abstract
The interplay between subclinical psychotic, negative, and affective symptoms has gained increased attention regarding the etiology of psychosis spectrum and other mental disorders. Importantly, research has tended to not differentiate between different subtypes of psychotic-like experiences (PLE) although they may not have the same significance for mental health. In order to gain information on the subclinical interplay between specific PLE and other symptoms as well as the significance of PLE for mental health, we investigated their specific associations in 206 healthy individuals (20-60 years, 73 females) using correlational and linear regression analyses. PLE were assessed with the Magical Ideation Questionnaire, the revised Exceptional Experiences Questionnaire, and subscales of the Schizotypal Personality Questionnaire (SPQ). The revised Symptom Checklist 90, the SPQ, and the Physical Anhedonia Scale were used to measure subclinical negative symptoms, affective symptoms, and other symptoms such as, emotional instability. As hypothesized, we found that (1) most affective symptoms and all other subclinical symptoms correlated positively with all PLE, whereas we found only partial associations between negative symptoms and PLE. Notably, (2) magical ideation and paranormal beliefs correlated negatively with physical anhedonia. In the regression analyses we found (3) similar patterns of specific positive associations between PLE and other subclinical symptoms: Suspiciousness was a specific predictor of negative-like symptoms, whereas ideas of reference, unusual perceptual experiences, and dissociative anomalous perceptions specifically predicted anxiety symptoms. Interestingly, (4) ideas of reference negatively predicted physical anhedonia. Similarly, paranormal beliefs were negatively associated with constricted affect. Moreover, odd beliefs were a negative predictor of depression, emotional instability, and unspecific symptoms. Our findings indicated that subtypes of PLE are differentially implicated in psychological functioning and should therefore not be categorized homogeneously. Moreover, paranormal beliefs, odd beliefs, and partly ideas of reference might also contribute to subjective well being in healthy individuals. Our results might serve as a starting point for longitudinal studies investigating the interplay of subtypes of subclinical symptoms along a psychopathological trajectory leading to mental disorders. Importantly, this research might help to improve therapeutic strategies for psychosis prevention.
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- Lui Unterrassner
- Collegium Helveticum, ETH Zurich and University of ZurichZurich, Switzerland
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- Collegium Helveticum, ETH Zurich and University of ZurichZurich, Switzerland
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- Collegium Helveticum, ETH Zurich and University of ZurichZurich, Switzerland
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- Collegium Helveticum, ETH Zurich and University of ZurichZurich, Switzerland.,Translational Neuromodeling Unit, Institute for Biomedical Engineering, University of Zurich and ETH ZurichZurich, Switzerland
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- Collegium Helveticum, ETH Zurich and University of ZurichZurich, Switzerland.,Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Psychiatric Hospital, University of ZurichZurich, Switzerland.,Department of Psychiatry and PsychotherapyCharité Mitte, Charité, Germany
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Psychopathology in Substance Use Disorder Patients with and without Substance-Induced Psychosis. JOURNAL OF ADDICTION 2015; 2015:843762. [PMID: 26417473 PMCID: PMC4568375 DOI: 10.1155/2015/843762] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2015] [Accepted: 08/23/2015] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
Abstract
Background. Substance-induced psychotic disorder (SIPD) is a diagnosis constructed to distinguish substance-induced psychotic states from primary psychotic disorders. A number of studies have compared SIPD persons with primary psychotic patients, but there is little data on what differentiates substance use disorder (SUD) individuals with and without SIPD. Here, we compared psychopathology, sociodemographic variables, and substance use characteristics between SUD patients with and without SIPD. Methods. A retrospective chart review was conducted on newly admitted patients at a rehabilitation centre between 2007 and 2012. Results. Of the 379 patients included in the study, 5% were diagnosed with SIPD (n = 19) and 95% were diagnosed with SUDs without SIPD (n = 360). More SIPD patients reported using cannabis and psychostimulants, and fewer SIPD patients reported using alcohol than SUDs patients without SIPD. SIPD patients scored higher on the “schizophrenia nuclear symptoms” dimension of the SCL-90R psychoticism scale and exhibited more ClusterB personality traits than SUD patients without SIPD. Discussion. These data are consistent with previous studies suggesting that psychopathology, substance type, and sociodemographic variables play important role in the development of SIPD. More importantly, the results highlight the need for paying greater attention to the types of self-reported psychotic symptoms during the assessment of psychotomimetic effects associated with psychoactive substances.
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Theodoridou A, Heekeren K, Dvorsky D, Metzler S, Franscini M, Haker H, Kawohl W, Rüsch N, Walitza S, Rössler W. Early Recognition of High Risk of Bipolar Disorder and Psychosis: An Overview of the ZInEP "Early Recognition" Study. Front Public Health 2014; 2:166. [PMID: 25325050 PMCID: PMC4181243 DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2014.00166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2014] [Accepted: 09/14/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
Abstract
Early detection of persons with first signs of emerging psychosis is regarded as a promising strategy to reduce the burden of the disease. In recent years, there has been increasing interest in early detection of psychosis and bipolar disorders, with a clear need for sufficient sample sizes in prospective research. The underlying brain network disturbances in individuals at risk or with a prodrome are complex and yet not well known. This paper provides the rationale and design of a prospective longitudinal study focused on at-risk states of psychosis and bipolar disorder. The study is carried out within the context of the Zurich Program for Sustainable Development of Mental Health services (Zürcher Impulsprogramm zur Nachhaltigen Entwicklung der Psychiatrie). Persons at risk for psychosis or bipolar disorder between 13 and 35 years of age are examined by using a multi-level-approach (psychopathology, neuropsychology, genetics, electrophysiology, sociophysiology, magnetic resonance imaging, near-infrared spectroscopy). The included adolescents and young adults have four follow-ups at 6, 12, 24, and 36 months. This approach provides data for a better understanding of the relevant mechanisms involved in the onset of psychosis and bipolar disorder, which can serve as targets for future interventions. But for daily clinical practice a practicable “early recognition” approach is required. The results of this study will be useful to identify the strongest predictors and to delineate a prediction model.
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- Anastasia Theodoridou
- Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, University Hospital of Psychiatry Zurich , Zurich , Switzerland ; The Zurich Program for Sustainable Development of Mental Health Services (ZInEP), University Hospital of Psychiatry Zurich , Zurich , Switzerland
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- Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, University Hospital of Psychiatry Zurich , Zurich , Switzerland ; The Zurich Program for Sustainable Development of Mental Health Services (ZInEP), University Hospital of Psychiatry Zurich , Zurich , Switzerland
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- Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, University Hospital of Psychiatry Zurich , Zurich , Switzerland ; The Zurich Program for Sustainable Development of Mental Health Services (ZInEP), University Hospital of Psychiatry Zurich , Zurich , Switzerland
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- Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, University Hospital of Psychiatry Zurich , Zurich , Switzerland ; The Zurich Program for Sustainable Development of Mental Health Services (ZInEP), University Hospital of Psychiatry Zurich , Zurich , Switzerland
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- University Hospital of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Zurich , Zurich , Switzerland
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- Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, University Hospital of Psychiatry Zurich , Zurich , Switzerland ; The Zurich Program for Sustainable Development of Mental Health Services (ZInEP), University Hospital of Psychiatry Zurich , Zurich , Switzerland ; Translational Neuromodeling Unit, University of Zurich and ETH Zurich , Zurich , Switzerland
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- Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, University Hospital of Psychiatry Zurich , Zurich , Switzerland ; The Zurich Program for Sustainable Development of Mental Health Services (ZInEP), University Hospital of Psychiatry Zurich , Zurich , Switzerland
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- Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, University Hospital of Psychiatry Zurich , Zurich , Switzerland ; The Zurich Program for Sustainable Development of Mental Health Services (ZInEP), University Hospital of Psychiatry Zurich , Zurich , Switzerland
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- University Hospital of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Zurich , Zurich , Switzerland
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- Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, University Hospital of Psychiatry Zurich , Zurich , Switzerland ; The Zurich Program for Sustainable Development of Mental Health Services (ZInEP), University Hospital of Psychiatry Zurich , Zurich , Switzerland ; Collegium Helveticum , Zurich , Switzerland
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Rössler W, Hengartner MP, Ajdacic-Gross V, Haker H, Angst J. Sex differences in sub-clinical psychosis--results from a community study over 30 years. Schizophr Res 2012; 139:176-82. [PMID: 22632902 DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2012.04.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2012] [Revised: 04/01/2012] [Accepted: 04/28/2012] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Sex differences in schizophrenia have long been reported. They are found within almost all aspects of the disease, from incidence and prevalence, age of onset, symptomatology, and course to its psycho-social outcome. Many sex-related hypotheses have been developed about the biology, psychology, or sociology of that disease. A further approach to study sex differences would be to examine such differences in sub-clinical psychotic states as well. If factors related to full-blown psychosis were equally meaningful over the entire psychosis continuum, we should expect that "true" sex differences could also be identified in sub-clinical psychosis. Here, we studied sex differences in sub-clinical psychosis within a community cohort in Zurich, Switzerland. This population was followed for over 30 years and included males and females between the ages of 20/21 and 49/50. We applied two different measures of sub-clinical psychosis representing schizotypal signs and schizophrenia nuclear symptoms. Using cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses, we found no significant sex differences in sub-clinical psychosis over time with respect to age of onset, symptomatology, course, or psycho-social outcome. Thus it appears that sex differences in psychosis manifest themselves at the high end of the continuum (full-blown schizophrenia) rather than within the sub-threshold range. Possibly males and females have separate thresholds for certain symptoms because they are differently vulnerable or exposed to various risk factors.
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- Wulf Rössler
- Department of General and Social Psychiatry, Psychiatric University Hospital, University of Zurich, Militärstrasse 8, 8004 Zurich, Switzerland.
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Rössler W, Hengartner MP, Angst J, Ajdacic-Gross V. Linking substance use with symptoms of subclinical psychosis in a community cohort over 30 years. Addiction 2012; 107:1174-84. [PMID: 22151745 DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2011.03760.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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AIMS The aim of the study was to examine the temporal associations between substance use and subclinical psychosis symptoms. DESIGN Data from a prospective community study sampled within a single cohort over 30 years (1978-2008) were analysed with discrete-time hazard models. SETTING General population-based sample. PARTICIPANTS At initial sampling in 1978 males (n = 292) were 19 and females (n = 299) were 20 years old. MEASUREMENTS Two psychosis syndromes representing 'schizotypal signs' and 'schizophrenia nuclear symptoms' and various substance use variables including cannabis, alcohol, tobacco and multiple-drug use (i.e. cannabis combined with other drugs). FINDINGS In bivariate analyses, schizotypal signs were predominantly associated with regular cannabis use in adolescence (OR = 2.29, 95% CI 1.32-3.97). Schizophrenia nuclear symptoms were mainly related to alcohol (OR = 1.84, 95% CI 1.00-3.38) and multiple-drug use (OR = 2.35, 95% CI 1.38-4.02) during adolescence. Multivariate analyses showed that, in particular, regular cannabis use during adolescence was associated with the occurrence of subsequent schizotypal symptoms over a 30-year period (OR = 2.60, 95% CI; 1.59-4.23), whereas multiple-drug use in adolescence was associated predominantly with schizophrenia nuclear symptoms (OR = 1.75, 95% CI 1.01-3.03). Alcohol misuse was only slightly associated with the onset of such symptoms. CONCLUSIONS A significant portion of the occurrence of subclinical psychosis symptoms in adulthood can be attributed to excessive cannabis and multiple-drug use during adolescence. This is in line with the hypothesis that long-term sensitization of dopaminergic brain receptors plays a role in developing psychotic symptoms.
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- Wulf Rössler
- Department of General and Social Psychiatry, Psychiatric University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
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Subjective emotional over-arousal to neutral social scenes in paranoid schizophrenia. Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 2012; 262:59-68. [PMID: 21792533 DOI: 10.1007/s00406-011-0227-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2011] [Accepted: 07/12/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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From the clinical practice and some experimental studies, it is apparent that paranoid schizophrenia patients tend to assign emotional salience to neutral social stimuli. This aberrant cognitive bias has been conceptualized to result from increased emotional arousal, but direct empirical data are scarce. The aim of the present study was to quantify the subjective emotional arousal (SEA) evoked by emotionally non-salient (neutral) compared to emotionally salient (negative) social stimuli in schizophrenia patients and healthy controls. Thirty male inpatients with paranoid schizophrenia psychosis and 30 demographically matched healthy controls rated their level of SEA in response to neutral and negative social scenes from the International Affective Picture System and the Munich Affective Picture System. Schizophrenia patients compared to healthy controls had an increased overall SEA level. This relatively higher SEA was evoked only by the neutral but not by the negative social scenes. To our knowledge, the present study is the first designed to directly demonstrate subjective emotional over-arousal to neutral social scenes in paranoid schizophrenia. This finding might explain previous clinical and experimental data and could be viewed as the missing link between the primary neurobiological and secondary psychological mechanisms of paranoid psychotic-symptom formation. Furthermore, despite being very short and easy to perform, the task we used appeared to be sensitive enough to reveal emotional dysregulation, in terms of emotional disinhibition/hyperactivation in paranoid schizophrenia patients. Thus, it could have further research and clinical applications, including as a neurobehavioral probe for imaging studies.
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Rössler W, Hengartner MP, Ajdacic-Gross V, Haker H, Gamma A, Angst J. Sub-clinical psychosis symptoms in young adults are risk factors for subsequent common mental disorders. Schizophr Res 2011; 131:18-23. [PMID: 21757323 DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2011.06.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2011] [Revised: 06/10/2011] [Accepted: 06/16/2011] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND Not all persons identified in the early stages to be at risk for psychosis eventually cross the threshold for a psychotic illness. However, sub-clinical symptoms may not only indicate a specific risk but also suggest a more general, underlying psychopathology that predisposes one to various common mental disorders. METHODS Analyzing data from the prospective Zurich Cohort Study, we used two psychosis subscales - "schizotypal signs" and "schizophrenia nuclear symptoms" - derived from the SCL-90-R checklist that measured sub-clinical psychosis symptoms in 1979. We also assessed 10 different diagnoses of common mental disorders through seven interview waves between 1979 and 2008. This 30-year span, covering participant ages of 19/20 to 49/50, encompasses the period of highest risk for the occurrence of such disorders. RESULTS Both psychosis scales from 1979, but especially "schizotypal signs", were significantly correlated with most mental disorders over the subsequent test period. Higher values on both subscales were associated with an increasing number of co-occurring disorders. CONCLUSIONS Our data demonstrate that sub-clinical psychosis generally represents a risk factor for the development of common mental disorders and a liability for co-occurring disorders. This refers in particular to dysthymia, bipolar disorder, social phobia, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. Proneness to psychosis could signal a fundamental tendency toward common mental disorders.
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- Wulf Rössler
- Department of General and Social Psychiatry, Psychiatric University Hospital, University of Zurich, Militärstrasse 8, 8004 Zurich, Switzerland.
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Merikangas KR, Cui L, Richardson AK, Isler H, Khoromi S, Nakamura E, Lamers F, Rössler W, Ajdacic-Gross V, Gamma A, Angst J. Magnitude, impact, and stability of primary headache subtypes: 30 year prospective Swiss cohort study. BMJ 2011; 343:d5076. [PMID: 21868455 PMCID: PMC3161722 DOI: 10.1136/bmj.d5076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence, impact, and stability of different subtypes of headache in a 30 year prospective follow-up study of a general population sample. DESIGN Prospective cohort study. SETTING Canton of Zurich, Switzerland. PARTICIPANTS 591 people aged 19-20 from a cohort of 4547 residents of Zurich, Switzerland, interviewed seven times across 30 years of follow-up. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Prevalence of headache; stability of the predominant subtype of headache over time; and age of onset, severity, impact, family history, use of healthcare services, and drugs for headache subtypes. RESULTS The average one year prevalences of subtypes of headache were 0.9% (female:male ratio of 2.8) for migraine with aura, 10.9% (female:male ratio of 2.2) for migraine without aura, and 11.5% (female:male ratio of 1.2) for tension-type headache. Cumulative 30 year prevalences of headache subtypes were 3.0% for migraine with aura, 36.0% for migraine without aura, and 29.3% for tension-type headache. Despite the high prevalence of migraine without aura, most cases were transient and only about 20% continued to have migraine for more than half of the follow-up period. 69% of participants with migraine and 58% of those with tension-type headache manifested the same predominant subtype over time. However, the prospective stability of the predominant headache subtypes was quite low, with substantial crossover among the subtypes and no specific ordinal pattern of progression. A gradient of severity of clinical correlates and service use was present across headache subtypes; the greatest effect was for migraine with aura followed by migraine without aura, and then tension-type headache and unclassified headaches. CONCLUSIONS These findings highlight the importance of prospective follow-up of people with headache. The substantial longitudinal overlap among subtypes of headache shows the developmental heterogeneity of headache syndromes. Studies of the causes of headache that apply diagnostic nomenclature based on distinctions between discrete headache subtypes may not capture the true nature of headache in the general population.
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- Kathleen R Merikangas
- National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Mental Health, Intramural Research Program, Genetic Epidemiology Research Branch, Bethesda, MD 20892-3720, USA.
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Bakhshaie J, Sharifi V, Amini J. Exploratory Factor Analysis of SCL90-R Symptoms Relevant to Psychosis. IRANIAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY 2011; 6:128-32. [PMID: 22952537 PMCID: PMC3395962] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Inconsistent results have been reported regarding the symptom dimensions relevant to psychosis in symptoms check list revised (SCL90-R), i.e., "psychoticism" and "paranoid ideation". Therefore, some studies have suggested different factor structures for questions of these two dimensions, and proposed two newly defined dimensions of "schizotypal signs" and "schizophrenia nuclear symptoms". We conducted an exploratory factor analysis on the items of these two dimensions in a general population sample in Iran. METHOD A total of 2158 subjects residing in Southern Tehran (capital of Iran) were interviewed using the psychoticism and paranoid ideation questions in SCL90-R to assess severity of these symptom dimensions. Factor analysis was done through SAS 9.1.3 PROC FACTOR using Promax rotation (power=3) on the matrix of "polychoric correlations among variables" as the input data. RESULTS Two factors were retained by the proportion criterion. Considering loadings >= 0.5 as minimum criteria for factor loadings, 7 out of 10 questions from psychoticism, and 3 out of 6 questions from paranoid ideation were retained, and others were eliminated. The factor labels proposed by the questionnaire suited the extracted factors and were retained. Internal consistency for each of the dimensions was acceptable (Cronbach's alpha 0.7 and 0.74 for paranoid ideation and psychoticism respectively). Composite scores showed a half-normal distribution for both dimensions which is predictable for instruments that detect psychotic symptoms. CONCLUSION Results were in contrast with similar studies, and questioned them by suggesting a different factor structure obtained from a statistically large population. The population in a developing nation (Iran) in this study and the socio-cultural differences in developed settings are the potential sources for discrepancies between this analysis and previous reports.
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- Jafar Bakhshaie
- Psychiatry and Psychology Research Center and Department of Psychiatry, Roozbeh Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Psychiatry and Psychology Research Center and Department of Psychiatry, Roozbeh Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Animal Nutrition and Physiology, Ferdowsi University, Mashhad, Iran
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