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Kotov R, Carpenter WT, Cicero DC, Correll CU, Martin EA, Young JW, Zald DH, Jonas KG. Psychosis superspectrum II: neurobiology, treatment, and implications. Mol Psychiatry 2024:10.1038/s41380-024-02410-1. [PMID: 38351173 DOI: 10.1038/s41380-024-02410-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2023] [Revised: 12/24/2023] [Accepted: 01/04/2024] [Indexed: 02/16/2024]
Abstract
Alternatives to traditional categorical diagnoses have been proposed to improve the validity and utility of psychiatric nosology. This paper continues the companion review of an alternative model, the psychosis superspectrum of the Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP). The superspectrum model aims to describe psychosis-related psychopathology according to data on distributions and associations among signs and symptoms. The superspectrum includes psychoticism and detachment spectra as well as narrow subdimensions within them. Auxiliary domains of cognitive deficit and functional impairment complete the psychopathology profile. The current paper reviews evidence on this model from neurobiology, treatment response, clinical utility, and measure development. Neurobiology research suggests that psychopathology included in the superspectrum shows similar patterns of neural alterations. Treatment response often mirrors the hierarchy of the superspectrum with some treatments being efficacious for psychoticism, others for detachment, and others for a specific subdimension. Compared to traditional diagnostic systems, the quantitative nosology shows an approximately 2-fold increase in reliability, explanatory power, and prognostic accuracy. Clinicians consistently report that the quantitative nosology has more utility than traditional diagnoses, but studies of patients with frank psychosis are currently lacking. Validated measures are available to implement the superspectrum model in practice. The dimensional conceptualization of psychosis-related psychopathology has implications for research, clinical practice, and public health programs. For example, it encourages use of the cohort study design (rather than case-control), transdiagnostic treatment strategies, and selective prevention based on subclinical symptoms. These approaches are already used in the field, and the superspectrum provides further impetus and guidance for their implementation. Existing knowledge on this model is substantial, but significant gaps remain. We identify outstanding questions and propose testable hypotheses to guide further research. Overall, we predict that the more informative, reliable, and valid characterization of psychopathology offered by the superspectrum model will facilitate progress in research and clinical care.
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Affiliation(s)
- Roman Kotov
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA.
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- Department of Psychology, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, The Zucker Hillside Hospital, Northwell Health, Glen Oaks, NY, USA
- Department of Psychiatry and Molecular Medicine, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Hempstead, NY, USA
- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Psychological Science, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
- Research Service, VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, CA, USA
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- Rutgers University, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
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Misiak B, Samochowiec J, Kowalski K, Gaebel W, Bassetti CLA, Chan A, Gorwood P, Papiol S, Dom G, Volpe U, Szulc A, Kurimay T, Kärkkäinen H, Decraene A, Wisse J, Fiorillo A, Falkai P. The future of diagnosis in clinical neurosciences: Comparing multiple sclerosis and schizophrenia. Eur Psychiatry 2023; 66:e58. [PMID: 37476977 PMCID: PMC10486256 DOI: 10.1192/j.eurpsy.2023.2432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2023] [Revised: 05/12/2023] [Accepted: 06/14/2023] [Indexed: 07/22/2023] Open
Abstract
The ongoing developments of psychiatric classification systems have largely improved reliability of diagnosis, including that of schizophrenia. However, with an unknown pathophysiology and lacking biomarkers, its validity still remains low, requiring further advancements. Research has helped establish multiple sclerosis (MS) as the central nervous system (CNS) disorder with an established pathophysiology, defined biomarkers and therefore good validity and significantly improved treatment options. Before proposing next steps in research that aim to improve the diagnostic process of schizophrenia, it is imperative to recognize its clinical heterogeneity. Indeed, individuals with schizophrenia show high interindividual variability in terms of symptomatic manifestation, response to treatment, course of illness and functional outcomes. There is also a multiplicity of risk factors that contribute to the development of schizophrenia. Moreover, accumulating evidence indicates that several dimensions of psychopathology and risk factors cross current diagnostic categorizations. Schizophrenia shares a number of similarities with MS, which is a demyelinating disease of the CNS. These similarities appear in the context of age of onset, geographical distribution, involvement of immune-inflammatory processes, neurocognitive impairment and various trajectories of illness course. This article provides a critical appraisal of diagnostic process in schizophrenia, taking into consideration advancements that have been made in the diagnosis and management of MS. Based on the comparison between the two disorders, key directions for studies that aim to improve diagnostic process in schizophrenia are formulated. All of them converge on the necessity to deconstruct the psychosis spectrum and adopt dimensional approaches with deep phenotyping to refine current diagnostic boundaries.
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- Błażej Misiak
- Department of Psychiatry, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department of Psychiatry, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, LVR-Klinikum Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany
- WHO Collaborating Centre on Quality Assurance and Empowerment in Mental Health, DEU-131, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University Bern, Switzerland
- Interdisciplinary Sleep-Wake-Epilepsy-Center, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Neurology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University Bern, Switzerland
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- Université Paris Cité, INSERM, U1266 (Institute of Psychiatry and Neuroscience of Paris), Paris, France
- CMME, GHU Paris Psychiatrie et Neurosciences, Hôpital Sainte-Anne, Paris, France
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental (CIBERSAM), Madrid, Spain
- Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatric Phenomics and Genomics, University Hospital, Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany
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- Collaborative Antwerp Psychiatric Research Institute, University of Antwerp, B-2610Antwerp, Belgium
- Multiversum Psychiatric Hospital, B-2530Boechout, Belgium
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- Unit of Clinical Psychiatry, Department of Clinical Neurosciences/DIMSC, Polytechnic University of Marche, 60126Ancona, Italy
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- Department of Psychiatry, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Psychiatry, St. Janos Hospital, Budapest, Hungary
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- European Federation of Associations of Families of People with Mental Illness (EUFAMI), Leuven, Belgium
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- Century House, Wargrave Road, Henley-on-Thames, OxfordshireRG9 2LT, UK
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Nussbaumstraße 7, 80336Munich, Germany
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Martínez-Cao C, García-Fernández A, González-Blanco L, Zurrón-Madera P, Sáiz PA, García-Portilla MP, Bobes J. What factors should we modify to promote high functioning and prevent functional decline in people with schizophrenia? Front Psychiatry 2023; 14:1181758. [PMID: 37333927 PMCID: PMC10272392 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1181758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2023] [Accepted: 05/15/2023] [Indexed: 06/20/2023] Open
Abstract
Background Since research in schizophrenia mainly focuses on deficits and risk factors, we need studies searching for high-functioning protective factors. Thus, our objective was to identify protective (PFs) and risk factors (RFs) separately associated with high (HF) and low functioning (LF) in patients with schizophrenia. Methods We collected information (sociodemographic, clinical, psychopathological, cognitive, and functional) from 212 outpatients with schizophrenia. Patients were classified according to their functional level (PSP) as HF (PSP > 70, n = 30) and LF (PSP ≤ 50, n = 95). Statistical analysis consisted of Chi-square test, Student's t-test, and logistic regression. Results HF model: variance explained: 38.4-68.8%; PF: years of education (OR = 1.227). RFs: receiving a mental disability benefit (OR = 0.062) and scores on positive (OR = 0.719), negative-expression (OR = 0.711), and negative-experiential symptoms (OR = 0.822), and verbal learning (OR = 0.866). LF model: variance explained: 42.0-56.2%; PF: none; RFs: not working (OR = 6.900), number of antipsychotics (OR = 1.910), and scores on depressive (OR = 1.212) and negative-experiential symptoms (OR = 1.167). Conclusion We identified specific protective and risk factors for high and low functioning in patients with schizophrenia and confirmed that high functioning factors are not necessarily the opposite of those associated with low functioning. Only negative experiential symptoms are a shared and inverse factor for high and low functioning. Mental health teams must be aware of protective and risk factors and try to enhance or reduce them, respectively, to help their patients improve or maintain their level of functioning.
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- Clara Martínez-Cao
- Department of Psychiatry, Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain
- Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado de Asturias (ISPA), Oviedo, Spain
- Instituto Universitario de Neurociencias del Principado de Asturias (INEUROPA), Oviedo, Spain
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- Department of Psychiatry, Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain
- Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado de Asturias (ISPA), Oviedo, Spain
- Instituto Universitario de Neurociencias del Principado de Asturias (INEUROPA), Oviedo, Spain
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- Department of Psychiatry, Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain
- Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado de Asturias (ISPA), Oviedo, Spain
- Instituto Universitario de Neurociencias del Principado de Asturias (INEUROPA), Oviedo, Spain
- Servicio de Salud del Principado de Asturias (SESPA) Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain
- CIBER de Salud Mental, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Psychiatry, Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain
- Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado de Asturias (ISPA), Oviedo, Spain
- Instituto Universitario de Neurociencias del Principado de Asturias (INEUROPA), Oviedo, Spain
- Servicio de Salud del Principado de Asturias (SESPA) Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain
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- Department of Psychiatry, Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain
- Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado de Asturias (ISPA), Oviedo, Spain
- Instituto Universitario de Neurociencias del Principado de Asturias (INEUROPA), Oviedo, Spain
- Servicio de Salud del Principado de Asturias (SESPA) Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain
- CIBER de Salud Mental, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Psychiatry, Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain
- Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado de Asturias (ISPA), Oviedo, Spain
- Instituto Universitario de Neurociencias del Principado de Asturias (INEUROPA), Oviedo, Spain
- Servicio de Salud del Principado de Asturias (SESPA) Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain
- CIBER de Salud Mental, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Psychiatry, Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain
- Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado de Asturias (ISPA), Oviedo, Spain
- Instituto Universitario de Neurociencias del Principado de Asturias (INEUROPA), Oviedo, Spain
- Servicio de Salud del Principado de Asturias (SESPA) Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain
- CIBER de Salud Mental, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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Associations of neurodevelopmental risk factors with psychosis proneness: Findings from a non-clinical sample of young adults. Compr Psychiatry 2023; 123:152385. [PMID: 36931184 DOI: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2023.152385] [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: 11/22/2022] [Revised: 03/02/2023] [Accepted: 03/09/2023] [Indexed: 03/19/2023] Open
Abstract
Psychotic disorders often develop as the continuum of subclinical symptoms that include hallucination-like and delusion-like experiences, and are commonly referred to as psychotic-like experiences (PLEs). To date, a number of neurodevelopmental risk factors of psychosis have been detected, yet their mutual interplay remains unknown. Therefore, we aimed to investigate the additive association of childhood trauma history, reading disabilities and symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) with psychosis proneness. A total of 3000 young adults (58.3% females, aged 18-35 years) with a negative history of psychiatric treatment were recruited to the cross-sectional study through computer-assisted web interview. Self-reports were administered to measure childhood trauma history, ADHD symptoms and reading disabilities. Linear regression analyses revealed significant main associations of childhood trauma history and reading disabilities with higher levels of PLEs. There were no significant main associations of ADHD with the level of PLEs. However, the associations of all possible interactions between neurodevelopmental risk factors with the level of PLEs were significant. Our findings suggest that childhood trauma history and reading disabilities may additively increase a risk of psychosis. The present findings bring new implications for early intervention strategies in psychosis and posit the rationale of recording the accumulation of neurodevelopmental vulnerabilities in clinical practice.
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de Sousa TR, Dt C, Novais F. Exploring the Hypothesis of a Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder Continuum: Biological, Genetic and Pharmacologic Data. CNS & NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS DRUG TARGETS 2023; 22:161-171. [PMID: 34477537 DOI: 10.2174/1871527320666210902164235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2021] [Revised: 07/19/2021] [Accepted: 08/08/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Present time nosology has its roots in Kraepelin's demarcation of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. However, accumulating evidence has shed light on several commonalities between the two disorders, and some authors have advocated for the consideration of a disease continuum. Here, we review previous genetic, biological and pharmacological findings that provide the basis for this conceptualization. There is a cross-disease heritability, and they share single-nucleotide polymorphisms in some common genes. EEG and imaging patterns have a number of similarities, namely reduced white matter integrity and abnormal connectivity. Dopamine, serotonin, GABA and glutamate systems have dysfunctional features, some of which are identical among the disorders. Finally, cellular calcium regulation and mitochondrial function are, also, impaired in the two.
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- Teresa Reynolds de Sousa
- Department of Neurosciences and Mental Health, Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte (CHULN), Hospital de Santa Maria, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Department of Neurosciences and Mental Health, Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte (CHULN), Hospital de Santa Maria, Lisbon, Portugal
- Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
- ISAMB - Instituto de Saúde Ambiental, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Department of Neurosciences and Mental Health, Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte (CHULN), Hospital de Santa Maria, Lisbon, Portugal
- Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
- ISAMB - Instituto de Saúde Ambiental, Lisboa, Portugal
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Green K, Webster A. The Relationships Between Childhood Abuse and Neglect, Sub-clinical Symptoms of Psychosis and Self-harm in a Non-clinical Community Sample. JOURNAL OF CHILD & ADOLESCENT TRAUMA 2022; 15:605-614. [PMID: 35958727 PMCID: PMC9360353 DOI: 10.1007/s40653-021-00422-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/10/2021] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
Abstract
There is now substantial evidence that childhood adverse events are a significant risk factor for symptoms of psychosis in both clinical and community samples. Both childhood trauma and positive symptoms of psychosis are associated with an increased risk of self-harming behaviours. Therefore the current study aimed to consider the relationship between retrospective reports of childhood adversity, sub-clinical positive symptoms of psychosis and self-harm in a non-clinical community sample. The study employed a cross-sectional survey design, distributed online. Participants were asked to complete psychometric assessments relating to: demographic characteristics including past-year substance misuse; childhood adversity; sub-clinical symptoms of psychosis (delusions and hallucinations) and self-harming behaviours. The results found that, after controlling for substance misuse, childhood adversity predicted significant variance in sub-clinical delusions and hallucinations in the general population. Both symptoms of psychosis and childhood adversity increased the risk of self-harming behaviours. Positive symptoms partially mediated the relationship between early adversity and self-harming behaviours. For some people, the sequelae of early adversity including sub-clinical delusions and hallucinations may increase the risk of self-harming behaviours. Future research would benefit from considering the role of dissociation in these relationships and the affective impact of pseudo-psychotic experiences. Practitioners should consider the impact of childhood adversity, unusual perceptual experiences and distorted beliefs when working with people who self-harm. The current research was limited by the cross-sectional survey design and non-random sampling methodology.
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- Kathleen Green
- Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS foundation Trust, Nottingham, England
- Centre for Forensic and Family Psychology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, England
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- Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS foundation Trust, Nottingham, England
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DeRamus TP, Wu L, Qi S, Iraji A, Silva R, Du Y, Pearlson G, Mayer A, Bustillo JR, Stromberg SF, Calhoun VD. Multimodal data fusion of cortical-subcortical morphology and functional network connectivity in psychotic spectrum disorder. Neuroimage Clin 2022; 35:103056. [PMID: 35709557 PMCID: PMC9207350 DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2022.103056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2022] [Revised: 04/18/2022] [Accepted: 05/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
Abstract
Overlap has been noted disorders which fall on the psychotic spectrum. Univariate studies may miss joint brain features across diagnostic categories. mCCA with jICA is paired with features across the psychotic spectrum to produce joint components. One joint component displayed a significant relationship with cognitive scores. The replicate trends of cortical-subcortical irregularity in psychotic spectrum disorders.
Multiple authors have noted overlapping symptoms and alterations across clinical, anatomical, and functional brain features in schizophrenia (SZ), schizoaffective disorder (SZA), and bipolar disorder (BPI). However, regarding brain features, few studies have approached this line of inquiry using analytical techniques optimally designed to extract the shared features across anatomical and functional information in a simultaneous manner. Univariate studies of anatomical or functional alterations across these disorders can be limited and run the risk of omitting small but potentially crucial overlapping or joint neuroanatomical (e.g., structural images) and functional features (e.g., fMRI-based features) which may serve as informative clinical indicators of across multiple diagnostic categories. To address this limitation, we paired an unsupervised multimodal canonical correlation analysis (mCCA) together with joint independent component analysis (jICA) to identify linked spatial gray matter (GM), resting-state functional network connectivity (FNC), and white matter fractional anisotropy (FA) features across these diagnostic categories. We then calculated associations between the identified linked features and trans-diagnostic behavioral measures (MATRICs Consensus Cognitive Battery, MCCB). Component number 4 of the 13 identified displayed a statistically significant relationship with overall MCCB scores across GM, resting-state FNC, and FA. These linked modalities of component 4 consisted primarily of positive correlations within subcortical structures including the caudate and putamen in the GM maps with overall MCCB, sparse negative correlations within subcortical and cortical connection tracts (e.g., corticospinal tract, superior longitudinal fasciculus) in the FA maps with overall MCCB, and negative relationships with MCCB values and loading parameters with FNC matrices displaying increased FNC in subcortical-cortical regions with auditory, somatomotor, and visual regions.
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- T P DeRamus
- Tri-institutional Center for Translational Research in Neuroimaging and Data Science (TReNDS) - Georgia State University, Georgia Institute of Technology, and Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
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- Tri-institutional Center for Translational Research in Neuroimaging and Data Science (TReNDS) - Georgia State University, Georgia Institute of Technology, and Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- College of Computer Science and Technology, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, China
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- Tri-institutional Center for Translational Research in Neuroimaging and Data Science (TReNDS) - Georgia State University, Georgia Institute of Technology, and Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Tri-institutional Center for Translational Research in Neuroimaging and Data Science (TReNDS) - Georgia State University, Georgia Institute of Technology, and Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Tri-institutional Center for Translational Research in Neuroimaging and Data Science (TReNDS) - Georgia State University, Georgia Institute of Technology, and Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA; School of Computer and Information Technology, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, China
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- Olin Neuropsychiatry Research Center, Institute of Living at Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT, USA; Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA; Department of Neuroscience, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- The Mind Research Network, Lovelace Biomedical and Environmental Research Institute, Albuquerque, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM, USA
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- Psychiatry and Behavioral Health Clinical Program, Presbyterian Healthcare System, Albuquerque, NM, USA
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- Tri-institutional Center for Translational Research in Neuroimaging and Data Science (TReNDS) - Georgia State University, Georgia Institute of Technology, and Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA; The Mind Research Network, Lovelace Biomedical and Environmental Research Institute, Albuquerque, USA; Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA; Department of Computer Science, Georgia State University, Atlanta, USA; Department of Psychology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, USA
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Kotov R, Jonas KG, Lian W, Docherty AR, Carpenter WT. Reconceptualizing schizophrenia in the Hierarchical Taxonomy Of Psychopathology (HiTOP). Schizophr Res 2022; 242:73-77. [PMID: 35144862 PMCID: PMC9675950 DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2022.01.053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2021] [Revised: 01/24/2022] [Accepted: 01/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Roman Kotov
- Department of Psychiatry, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA.
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- Department of Psychiatry, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA; Maryland Psychiatric Research Center, Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Martin EA, Jonas KG, Lian W, Foti D, Donaldson KR, Bromet EJ, Kotov R. Predicting Long-Term Outcomes in First-Admission Psychosis: Does the Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology Aid DSM in Prognostication? Schizophr Bull 2021; 47:1331-1341. [PMID: 33890112 PMCID: PMC8379532 DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbab043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
Abstract
The Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP) is an empirical, dimensional model of psychological symptoms and functioning. Its goals are to augment the use and address the limitations of traditional diagnoses, such as arbitrary thresholds of severity, within-disorder heterogeneity, and low reliability. HiTOP has made inroads to addressing these problems, but its prognostic validity is uncertain. The present study sought to test the prediction of long-term outcomes in psychotic disorders was improved when the HiTOP dimensional approach was considered along with traditional (ie, DSM) diagnoses. We analyzed data from the Suffolk County Mental Health Project (N = 316), an epidemiologic study of a first-admission psychosis cohort followed for 20 years. We compared 5 diagnostic groups (schizophrenia/schizoaffective, bipolar disorder with psychosis, major depressive disorder with psychosis, substance-induced psychosis, and other psychoses) and 5 dimensions derived from the HiTOP thought disorder spectrum (reality distortion, disorganization, inexpressivity, avolition, and functional impairment). Both nosologies predicted a significant amount of variance in most outcomes. However, except for cognitive functioning, HiTOP showed consistently greater predictive power across outcomes-it explained 1.7-fold more variance than diagnoses in psychiatric and physical health outcomes, 2.1-fold more variance in community functioning, and 3.4-fold more variance in neural responses. Even when controlling for diagnosis, HiTOP dimensions incrementally predicted almost all outcomes. These findings support a shift away from the exclusive use of categorical diagnoses and toward the incorporation of HiTOP dimensions for better prognostication and linkage with neurobiology.
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- Elizabeth A Martin
- Department of Psychological Science, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Department of Applied Math and Statistics, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY
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- Department of Psychological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
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- Department of Psychiatry, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY
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- Department of Psychiatry, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY
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Hanlon FM, Dodd AB, Ling JM, Shaff NA, Stephenson DD, Bustillo JR, Stromberg SF, Lin DS, Ryman SG, Mayer AR. The clinical relevance of gray matter atrophy and microstructural brain changes across the psychosis continuum. Schizophr Res 2021; 229:12-21. [PMID: 33607607 PMCID: PMC8137524 DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2021.01.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2020] [Revised: 12/30/2020] [Accepted: 01/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
Abstract
Patients with psychotic spectrum disorders (PSD) exhibit similar patterns of atrophy and microstructural changes that may be associated with common symptomatology (e.g., symptom burden and/or cognitive impairment). Gray matter concentration values (proxy for atrophy), fractional anisotropy (FA), mean diffusivity (MD), intracellular neurite density (Vic) and isotropic diffusion volume (Viso) measures were therefore compared in 150 PSD (schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, and bipolar disorder Type I) and 63 healthy controls (HC). Additional analyses evaluated whether regions showing atrophy and/or microstructure abnormalities were better explained by DSM diagnoses, symptom burden or cognitive dysfunction. PSD exhibited increased atrophy within bilateral medial temporal lobes and subcortical structures. Gray matter along the left lateral sulcus showed evidence of increased atrophy and MD. Increased MD was also observed in homotopic fronto-temporal regions, suggesting it may serve as a precursor to atrophic changes. Global cognitive dysfunction, rather than DSM diagnoses or psychotic symptom burden, was the best predictor of increased gray matter MD. Regions of decreased FA (i.e., left frontal gray and white matter) and Vic (i.e., frontal and temporal regions and along central sulcus) were also observed for PSD, but were neither spatially concurrent with atrophic regions nor associated with clinical symptoms. Evidence of expanding microstructural spaces in gray matter demonstrated the greatest spatial overlap with current and potentially future regions of atrophy, and was associated with cognitive deficits. These results suggest that this particular structural abnormality could potentially underlie global cognitive impairment that spans traditional diagnostic categories.
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- Faith M Hanlon
- The Mind Research Network/Lovelace Biomedical and Environmental Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM 87106, USA
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- The Mind Research Network/Lovelace Biomedical and Environmental Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM 87106, USA
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- The Mind Research Network/Lovelace Biomedical and Environmental Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM 87106, USA
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- The Mind Research Network/Lovelace Biomedical and Environmental Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM 87106, USA
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- The Mind Research Network/Lovelace Biomedical and Environmental Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM 87106, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA
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- Psychiatry and Behavioral Health Clinical Program, Presbyterian Healthcare System, Albuquerque, NM 87112, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA
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- The Mind Research Network/Lovelace Biomedical and Environmental Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM 87106, USA
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- The Mind Research Network/Lovelace Biomedical and Environmental Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM 87106, USA; Department of Psychiatry, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA; Department of Psychology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA; Department of Neurology, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA.
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Stephenson DD, El Shaikh AA, Shaff NA, Bustillo JR, Dodd AB, Wertz CJ, Ryman SG, Hanlon FM, Hogeveen JP, Ling JM, Yeo RA, Stromberg SF, Lin DS, Abrams S, Mayer AR. Differing functional mechanisms underlie cognitive control deficits in psychotic spectrum disorders. J Psychiatry Neurosci 2020; 45:430-440. [PMID: 32869961 PMCID: PMC7595736 DOI: 10.1503/jpn.190212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Functional underpinnings of cognitive control deficits in unbiased samples (i.e., all comers) of patients with psychotic spectrum disorders (PSD) remain actively debated. While many studies suggest hypofrontality in the lateral prefrontal cortex (PFC) and greater deficits during proactive relative to reactive control, few have examined the full hemodynamic response. METHODS Patients with PSD (n = 154) and healthy controls (n = 65) performed the AX continuous performance task (AX-CPT) during rapid (460 ms) functional neuroimaging and underwent full clinical characterization. RESULTS Behavioural results indicated generalized cognitive deficits (slower and less accurate) across proactive and reactive control conditions in patients with PSD relative to healthy controls. We observed a delayed/prolonged neural response in the left dorsolateral PFC, the sensorimotor cortex and the superior parietal lobe during proactive control for patients with PSD. These proactive hemodynamic abnormalities were better explained by negative rather than by positive symptoms or by traditional diagnoses according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Fourth Edition, Text Revision (DSM-IV-TR), with subsequent simulations unequivocally demonstrating how these abnormalities could be erroneously interpreted as hypoactivation. Conversely, true hypoactivity, unassociated with clinical symptoms or DSM-IV-TR diagnoses, was observed within the ventrolateral PFC during reactive control. LIMITATIONS In spite of guidance for AX-CPT use in neuroimaging studies, one-third of patients with PSD could not perform the task above chance and were more clinically impaired. CONCLUSION Current findings question the utility of the AX-CPT for neuroimaging-based appraisal of cognitive control across the full spectrum of patients with PSD. Previously reported lateral PFC "hypoactivity" during proactive control may be more indicative of a delayed/prolonged neural response, important for rehabilitative purposes. Negative symptoms may better explain certain behavioural and hemodynamic abnormalities in patients with PSD relative to DSM-IV-TR diagnoses.
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- David D Stephenson
- From the The Mind Research Network/Lovelace Biomedical and Environmental Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM (Stephenson, Shaikh, Shaff, Dodd, Wertz, Ryman, Hanlon, Ling, Mayer); the Department of Psychiatry, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM (Bustillo, Stromberg, Lin, Abrams, Mayer); the Department of Psychology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (Hogeveen, Yeo, Mayer); and the Department of Neurology, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM (Mayer)
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- From the The Mind Research Network/Lovelace Biomedical and Environmental Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM (Stephenson, Shaikh, Shaff, Dodd, Wertz, Ryman, Hanlon, Ling, Mayer); the Department of Psychiatry, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM (Bustillo, Stromberg, Lin, Abrams, Mayer); the Department of Psychology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (Hogeveen, Yeo, Mayer); and the Department of Neurology, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM (Mayer)
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- From the The Mind Research Network/Lovelace Biomedical and Environmental Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM (Stephenson, Shaikh, Shaff, Dodd, Wertz, Ryman, Hanlon, Ling, Mayer); the Department of Psychiatry, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM (Bustillo, Stromberg, Lin, Abrams, Mayer); the Department of Psychology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (Hogeveen, Yeo, Mayer); and the Department of Neurology, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM (Mayer)
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- From the The Mind Research Network/Lovelace Biomedical and Environmental Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM (Stephenson, Shaikh, Shaff, Dodd, Wertz, Ryman, Hanlon, Ling, Mayer); the Department of Psychiatry, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM (Bustillo, Stromberg, Lin, Abrams, Mayer); the Department of Psychology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (Hogeveen, Yeo, Mayer); and the Department of Neurology, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM (Mayer)
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- From the The Mind Research Network/Lovelace Biomedical and Environmental Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM (Stephenson, Shaikh, Shaff, Dodd, Wertz, Ryman, Hanlon, Ling, Mayer); the Department of Psychiatry, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM (Bustillo, Stromberg, Lin, Abrams, Mayer); the Department of Psychology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (Hogeveen, Yeo, Mayer); and the Department of Neurology, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM (Mayer)
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- From the The Mind Research Network/Lovelace Biomedical and Environmental Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM (Stephenson, Shaikh, Shaff, Dodd, Wertz, Ryman, Hanlon, Ling, Mayer); the Department of Psychiatry, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM (Bustillo, Stromberg, Lin, Abrams, Mayer); the Department of Psychology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (Hogeveen, Yeo, Mayer); and the Department of Neurology, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM (Mayer)
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- From the The Mind Research Network/Lovelace Biomedical and Environmental Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM (Stephenson, Shaikh, Shaff, Dodd, Wertz, Ryman, Hanlon, Ling, Mayer); the Department of Psychiatry, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM (Bustillo, Stromberg, Lin, Abrams, Mayer); the Department of Psychology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (Hogeveen, Yeo, Mayer); and the Department of Neurology, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM (Mayer)
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- From the The Mind Research Network/Lovelace Biomedical and Environmental Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM (Stephenson, Shaikh, Shaff, Dodd, Wertz, Ryman, Hanlon, Ling, Mayer); the Department of Psychiatry, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM (Bustillo, Stromberg, Lin, Abrams, Mayer); the Department of Psychology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (Hogeveen, Yeo, Mayer); and the Department of Neurology, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM (Mayer)
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- From the The Mind Research Network/Lovelace Biomedical and Environmental Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM (Stephenson, Shaikh, Shaff, Dodd, Wertz, Ryman, Hanlon, Ling, Mayer); the Department of Psychiatry, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM (Bustillo, Stromberg, Lin, Abrams, Mayer); the Department of Psychology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (Hogeveen, Yeo, Mayer); and the Department of Neurology, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM (Mayer)
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- From the The Mind Research Network/Lovelace Biomedical and Environmental Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM (Stephenson, Shaikh, Shaff, Dodd, Wertz, Ryman, Hanlon, Ling, Mayer); the Department of Psychiatry, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM (Bustillo, Stromberg, Lin, Abrams, Mayer); the Department of Psychology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (Hogeveen, Yeo, Mayer); and the Department of Neurology, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM (Mayer)
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- From the The Mind Research Network/Lovelace Biomedical and Environmental Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM (Stephenson, Shaikh, Shaff, Dodd, Wertz, Ryman, Hanlon, Ling, Mayer); the Department of Psychiatry, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM (Bustillo, Stromberg, Lin, Abrams, Mayer); the Department of Psychology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (Hogeveen, Yeo, Mayer); and the Department of Neurology, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM (Mayer)
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- From the The Mind Research Network/Lovelace Biomedical and Environmental Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM (Stephenson, Shaikh, Shaff, Dodd, Wertz, Ryman, Hanlon, Ling, Mayer); the Department of Psychiatry, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM (Bustillo, Stromberg, Lin, Abrams, Mayer); the Department of Psychology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (Hogeveen, Yeo, Mayer); and the Department of Neurology, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM (Mayer)
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- From the The Mind Research Network/Lovelace Biomedical and Environmental Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM (Stephenson, Shaikh, Shaff, Dodd, Wertz, Ryman, Hanlon, Ling, Mayer); the Department of Psychiatry, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM (Bustillo, Stromberg, Lin, Abrams, Mayer); the Department of Psychology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (Hogeveen, Yeo, Mayer); and the Department of Neurology, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM (Mayer)
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- From the The Mind Research Network/Lovelace Biomedical and Environmental Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM (Stephenson, Shaikh, Shaff, Dodd, Wertz, Ryman, Hanlon, Ling, Mayer); the Department of Psychiatry, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM (Bustillo, Stromberg, Lin, Abrams, Mayer); the Department of Psychology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (Hogeveen, Yeo, Mayer); and the Department of Neurology, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM (Mayer)
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- From the The Mind Research Network/Lovelace Biomedical and Environmental Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM (Stephenson, Shaikh, Shaff, Dodd, Wertz, Ryman, Hanlon, Ling, Mayer); the Department of Psychiatry, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM (Bustillo, Stromberg, Lin, Abrams, Mayer); the Department of Psychology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (Hogeveen, Yeo, Mayer); and the Department of Neurology, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM (Mayer)
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Larsen KM, Dzafic I, Darke H, Pertile H, Carter O, Sundram S, Garrido MI. Aberrant connectivity in auditory precision encoding in schizophrenia spectrum disorder and across the continuum of psychotic-like experiences. Schizophr Res 2020; 222:185-194. [PMID: 32593736 DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2020.05.061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2020] [Revised: 05/11/2020] [Accepted: 05/27/2020] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND The ability to generate a precise internal model of statistical regularities is impaired in schizophrenia. Predictive coding accounts of schizophrenia suggest that psychotic symptoms may be explained by a failure to build precise beliefs or a model of the world. The precision of this model may vary with context. For example, in a noisy environment the model will be more imprecise compared to a model built in an environment with lower noise. However compelling, this idea has not yet been empirically studied in schizophrenia. METHODS In this study, 62 participants engaged in a stochastic mismatch negativity paradigm with high and low precision. We included inpatients with a schizophrenia spectrum disorder (N = 20), inpatients with a psychiatric disorder but without psychosis (N = 20), and healthy controls (N = 22), with comparable sex ratio and age distribution. Bayesian mapping and dynamic causal modelling were employed to investigate the underlying microcircuitry of precision encoding of auditory stimuli. RESULTS We found strong evidence (exceedance P > 0.99) for differences in the underlying connectivity associated with precision encoding between the three groups as well as on the continuum of psychotic-like experiences assessed across all participants. Critically, we show changes in interhemispheric connectivity between the two inpatient groups, with some connections further aligning on the continuum of psychotic-like experiences. CONCLUSIONS While our results suggest continuity in backward connectivity alterations with psychotic-like experiences regardless of diagnosis, they also point to specificity for the schizophrenia spectrum disorder group in interhemispheric connectivity alterations.
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- Kit Melissa Larsen
- Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland, Australia; Australian Research Council of Excellence for Integrative Brain Function, Australia; Danish Research Centre for Magnetic Resonance, Centre for Functional and Diagnostic Imaging and Research, Copenhagen University Hospital Hvidovre, Hvidovre, Denmark; Child and Adolescent Mental Health Centre, Mental Health Services Capital Region Copenhagen, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
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- Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland, Australia; Australian Research Council of Excellence for Integrative Brain Function, Australia; Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne, Australia
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- Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Psychiatry, School of Clinical Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia; Monash Medical Centre, Monash Health, Clayton, VIC, Australia
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- Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Psychiatry, School of Clinical Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia; Monash Medical Centre, Monash Health, Clayton, VIC, Australia
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- Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland, Australia; Australian Research Council of Excellence for Integrative Brain Function, Australia; Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne, Australia; Centre for Advanced Imaging, The University of Queensland, Australia
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Kotov R, Jonas KG, Carpenter WT, Dretsch MN, Eaton NR, Forbes MK, Forbush KT, Hobbs K, Reininghaus U, Slade T, South SC, Sunderland M, Waszczuk MA, Widiger TA, Wright A, Zald DH, Krueger RF, Watson D. Validity and utility of Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP): I. Psychosis superspectrum. World Psychiatry 2020; 19:151-172. [PMID: 32394571 PMCID: PMC7214958 DOI: 10.1002/wps.20730] [Citation(s) in RCA: 131] [Impact Index Per Article: 32.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
Abstract
The Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP) is a scientific effort to address shortcomings of traditional mental disorder diagnoses, which suffer from arbitrary boundaries between psychopathology and normality, frequent disorder co-occurrence, heterogeneity within disorders, and diagnostic instability. This paper synthesizes evidence on the validity and utility of the thought disorder and detachment spectra of HiTOP. These spectra are composed of symptoms and maladaptive traits currently subsumed within schizophrenia, other psychotic disorders, and schizotypal, paranoid and schizoid personality disorders. Thought disorder ranges from normal reality testing, to maladaptive trait psychoticism, to hallucinations and delusions. Detachment ranges from introversion, to maladaptive detachment, to blunted affect and avolition. Extensive evidence supports the validity of thought disorder and detachment spectra, as each spectrum reflects common genetics, environmental risk factors, childhood antecedents, cognitive abnormalities, neural alterations, biomarkers, and treatment response. Some of these characteristics are specific to one spectrum and others are shared, suggesting the existence of an overarching psychosis superspectrum. Further research is needed to extend this model, such as clarifying whether mania and dissociation belong to thought disorder, and explicating processes that drive development of the spectra and their subdimensions. Compared to traditional diagnoses, the thought disorder and detachment spectra demonstrated substantially improved utility: greater reliability, larger explanatory and predictive power, and higher acceptability to clinicians. Validated measures are available to implement the system in practice. The more informative, reliable and valid characterization of psychosis-related psychopathology offered by HiTOP can make diagnosis more useful for research and clinical care.
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- Roman Kotov
- Department of PsychiatryStony Brook UniversityStony BrookNYUSA
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- Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, US Army Medical Research Directorate ‐ WestSilver SpringMDUSA
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- Department of PsychologyUniversity of MinnesotaMinneapolisMNUSA
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- Department of Public Mental Health, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty MannheimUniversity of HeidelbergGermany,ESRC Centre for Society and Mental HealthKing's College LondonLondonUK,Centre for Epidemiology and Public HealthInstitute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College LondonLondonUK
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- Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance AbuseUniversity of SydneySydneyNSWAustralia
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- Department of Psychological SciencesPurdue UniversityWest LafayetteINUSA
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- Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance AbuseUniversity of SydneySydneyNSWAustralia
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- Department of PsychologyVanderbilt UniversityNashvilleTNUSA
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- Department of PsychologyUniversity of Notre DameSouth BendINUSA
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