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1. Social cognition deficit and genetic vulnerability to schizophrenia in 22q11 deletion syndrome.

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Frascarelli M, Padovani G, Buzzanca A, Accinni T, Carlone L, Ghezzi F, Lattanzi GM, Fanella M, Putotto C, Di Bonaventura C, Girardi N, Pasquini M, Biondi M, and Di F

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Adult, Cognition Disorders etiology, DiGeorge Syndrome genetics, Family Health, Female, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Humans, Male, Psychological Tests, Psychotic Disorders genetics, Psychotic Disorders psychology, Siblings, Wechsler Scales, Young Adult, Cognition Disorders psychology, DiGeorge Syndrome psychology, Schizophrenia genetics, Schizophrenic Psychology, Social Cognition
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Introduction: 22q11.2 microdeletion syndrome (22q11DS) is associated with a 25% risk of psychotic onset., Materials and Methods: The sample consist of 120 subjects: 39 schizophrenics (SCZ); 20 siblings of schizophrenic patients (SIB); 34 22q11DS non-psychotic patients (DEL); 17 22q11DS psychotic patients (DEL&#95;scz); 30 control subjects (CS). Social cognition was evaluated with the awareness of social interference test. Intelligence Quotient (IQ) was calculated with Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale. TASIT (Awareness of Social Inference Test) performance was analyzed via MANOVA, including IQ as covariate., Results: Group and IQ showed significant effect (p < 0.001; p = 0.037). The only TASIT variables where IQ showed no effect were paradoxical sarcasm; sincerity; lie. In sincerity, CS group shows a better performance than both 22q11DS groups (p < 0.05). In paradoxical sarcasm and lie, CS group performed better than each clinical group (p < 0.05). Regarding lie, DEL group was worst also respect to SCZ group (p = 0.029)., Conclusions: Our results show a specific social cognition deficit in 22q11DS and schizophrenia.

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2020
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2. Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Correlates of First-Episode Psychoses during Attentional and Memory Task Performance.

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Del Casale A, Kotzalidis GD, Rapinesi C, Sorice S, Girardi N, Ferracuti S, and Girardi P

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Brain diagnostic imaging, Cerebral Cortex diagnostic imaging, Cerebral Cortex physiopathology, Functional Neuroimaging, Humans, Likelihood Functions, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Parietal Lobe diagnostic imaging, Parietal Lobe physiopathology, Prefrontal Cortex diagnostic imaging, Prefrontal Cortex physiopathology, Psychotic Disorders diagnostic imaging, Psychotic Disorders psychology, Schizophrenia diagnostic imaging, Schizophrenic Psychology, Task Performance and Analysis, Attention, Brain physiopathology, Memory, Psychotic Disorders physiopathology, Schizophrenia physiopathology
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Background: The nature of the alteration of the response to cognitive tasks in first-episode psychosis (FEP) still awaits clarification. We used activation likelihood estimation, an increasingly used method in evaluating normal and pathological brain function, to identify activation changes in functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies of FEP during attentional and memory tasks., Methods: We included 11 peer-reviewed fMRI studies assessing FEP patients versus healthy controls (HCs) during performance of attentional and memory tasks., Results: Our database comprised 290 patients with FEP, matched with 316 HCs. Between-group analyses showed that HCs, compared to FEP patients, exhibited hyperactivation of the right middle frontal gyrus (Brodmann area, BA, 9), right inferior parietal lobule (BA 40), and right insula (BA 13) during attentional task performances and hyperactivation of the left insula (BA 13) during memory task performances., Conclusions: Right frontal, parietal, and insular dysfunction during attentional task performance and left insular dysfunction during memory task performance are significant neural functional FEP correlates., (© 2016 S. Karger AG, Basel.)

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2016
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3. Factors affecting interindividual differences in clozapine response: a review and case report.

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Bersani FS, Capra E, Minichino A, Pannese R, Girardi N, Marini I, Delle Chiaie R, and Biondi M

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Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A2 genetics, Humans, Male, Schizophrenia enzymology, Treatment Outcome, Young Adult, Clozapine therapeutic use, Individuality, Schizophrenia drug therapy, Schizophrenia genetics
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Objective: Clozapine is the most powerful new‐generation antipsychotic. Although this drug leads to great therapeutic benefits, two types of undesirable conditions frequently occur with its use: side effects and resistance to treatment. Therapeutic drug monitoring of clozapine would be very useful to avoid both these situations. The necessity of monitoring the therapy is the result of a wide interindividual variability in the metabolism of clozapine. In this review, we highlight all the conditions underlying this variability, analyzing them one by one., Methods: Relevant literature was identified through a search of MEDLINE and PubMed. In addition, the case of a treatment‐resistant patient with accelerated metabolism of clozapine is reported as representative of utility of therapeutic drug monitoring in terms of clozapine dose adjustment., Results: Genetic polymorphisms of cytochrome P450 enzymes and of neurotransmitter receptors; drug interactions; interactions of clozapine with other substances such as food and drink; smoking; and nonmodifiable variables such as age, ethnicity, and gender have been examined in relation to the existing scientific literature. The laboratory techniques that clinicians could use to identify these variables and adequate therapies are also reviewed.

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2011
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4. Genome-wide association study detected novel susceptibility genes for social cognition impairment in people with schizophrenia

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Gennarelli, M., Monteleone, P., Minelli, A., Monteleone, A. M., Rossi, A., Rocca, P., Bertolino, A., Aguglia, E., Amore, M., Bellino, S., Bellomo, A., Biondi, M., Bucci, P., Carpiniello, B., Cascino, G., Cuomo, A., Dell'Osso, L., di Giannantonio, M., Giordano, G. M., Marchesi, C., Oldani, L., Pompili, M., Roncone, R., Rossi, R., Siracusano, A., Tenconi, E., Vita, A., Zeppegno, P., Galderisi, S., Maj, M., Corrivetti, G., Del Buono, G., Torretta, S., Calia, V., Raio, A., Barlati, S., Deste, G., Magri, C., Valsecchi, P., Pinna, F., Muscas, M., Marras, L., Piegari, G., Giuliani, L., Brando, F., Coccia, C., Concerto, C., Poli, L. F., Surace, T., Martinotti, G., Pettorruso, M., Fraticelli, S., Altamura, M., Pasquale Tortorelli, F. M., Mollica, A., Calcagno, P., Murri, M. B., Serafini, G., Pacitti, F., Socci, V., Lucaselli, A., Giusti, L., Mammarella, S., Bianchini, V., Gramaglia, C., Gambaro, E., Martelli, M., Favaro, A., Meneguzzo, P., Collantoni, E., Tonna, M., Ossola, P., Gerra, M. L., Carmassi, C., Carpita, B., Cremone, I. M., Comparelli, A., Brugnoli, R., Corigliano, V., Fagiolini, A., Bolognesi, S., Goracci, A., Di Lorenzo, G., Ribolsi, M., Niolu, C., Bozzatello, P., Brasso, C., Montemagni, C., Buzzanca, A., Di Fabio, F., Girardi, N., Gennarelli, Massimo, Monteleone, Palmiero, Minelli, Alessandra, Monteleone, Alessio Maria, Rossi, Alessandro, Rocca, Paola, Bertolino, Alessandro, Aguglia, Eugenio, Amore, Mario, Bellino, Silvio, Bellomo, Antonello, Biondi, Massimo, Bucci, Paola, Carpiniello, Bernardo, Cascino, Giammarco, Cuomo, Alessandro, Dell'Osso, Liliana, di Giannantonio, Massimo, Giordano, Giulia Maria, Marchesi, Carlo, Oldani, Lucio, Pompili, Maurizio, Roncone, Rita, Rossi, Rodolfo, Siracusano, Alberto, Tenconi, Elena, Vita, Antonio, Zeppegno, Patrizia, Galderisi, Silvana, and Maj, Mario

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Treatment outcome, GWAS, Social cognition, TMEM74, meta-analysis, schizophrenia, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Genome-Wide Association Study, Humans, Membrane Proteins, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Schizophrenia, Social Cognition, Susceptibility gene, Genome-wide association study, Biology, Affect (psychology), meta-analysi, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, medicine, SNP, Polymorphism, Biological Psychiatry, Genetics, Single Nucleotide, medicine.disease, 030227 psychiatry, Psychiatry and Mental health, Settore MED/25, Meta-analysis
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Objectives People with schizophrenia (SCZ) present serious and generalised deficits in social cognition (SC), which affect negatively patients' functioning and treatment outcomes. The genetic background of SC has been investigated in disorders other than SCZ providing weak and sparse results. Thus, our aim was to explore possible genetic correlates of SC dysfunctions in SCZ patients with a genome-wide study (GWAS) approach. Methods We performed a GWAS meta-analysis of data coming from two cohorts made of 242 and 160 SCZ patients, respectively. SC was assessed with different tools in order to cover its different domains. Results We found GWAS significant association between the TMEM74 gene and the patients' ability in social inference as assessed by The Awareness of Social Inference Test; this association was confirmed by both SNP-based analysis (lead SNP rs3019332 p-value = 5.24 × 10-9) and gene-based analysis (p-value = 1.09 × 10-7). Moreover, suggestive associations of other genes with different dimensions of SC were also found. Conclusions Our study shows for the first time GWAS significant or suggestive associations of some gene variants with SC domains in people with SCZ. These findings should stimulate further studies to characterise the genetic underpinning of SC dysfunctions in SCZ.

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2022

5. The influence of autistic symptoms on social and non-social cognition and on real-life functioning in people with schizophrenia: Evidence from the Italian Network for Research on Psychoses multicenter study

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Vita, A., Barlati, S., Deste, G., Rocca, P., Rossi, A., Bertolino, A., Aguglia, E., Amore, M., Bellomo, A., Biondi, M., Carpiniello, B., Collantoni, E., Cuomo, A., D'Ambrosio, E., dell' Osso, L., di Giannantonio, M., Giordano, G. M., Marchesi, C., Monteleone, P., Montemagni, C., Oldani, L., Pompili, M., Roncone, R., Rossi, R., Siracusano, A., Zeppegno, P., Nibbio, G., Galderisi, S., Maj, M., Ceraso, A., Galluzzo, A., Lisoni, J., Di Palo, P., Papalino, M., Romano, R., Pinna, F., Lai, A., di Santa Sofia, S. L., Bucci, P., Piegari, G., Brando, F., Giuliani, L., Signorelli, M. S., Poli, L. F., Martinotti, G., Pettorruso, M., Montemitro, C., Altamura, M., Malerba, S., Padalino, F., Amerio, A., Cal-Cagno, P., Zampogna, D., Giusti, L., Salza, A., Mammarella, S., Pacitti, F., Socci, V., Talevi, D., Gramaglia, C., Feggi, A., Jona, A., Favaro, A., Tenconi, E., Meneguzzo, P., Ossola, P., Tonna, M., Gerra, M. L., Carmassi, C., Gesi, C., Carpita, B., Corrivetti, G., Cascino, G., del Buono, G., Di Fabio, F., Buzzanca, A., Girardi, N., Brugnoli, R., Comparelli, A., Corigliano, V., Fagiolini, A., Bolognesi, S., Goracci, A., Di Lorenzo, G., Niolu, C., Ribolsi, M., Brasso, C., Riccardi, C., Del Favero, E., Vita, A., Barlati, S., Deste, G., Rocca, P., Rossi, A., Bertolino, A., Aguglia, E., Amore, M., Bellomo, A., Biondi, M., Carpiniello, B., Collantoni, E., Cuomo, A., D'Ambrosio, E., dell' Osso, L., di Giannantonio, M., Giordano, G. M., Marchesi, C., Monteleone, P., Montemagni, C., Oldani, L., Pompili, M., Roncone, R., Rossi, R., Siracusano, A., Zeppegno, P., Nibbio, G., Galderisi, S., Maj, M., Ceraso, A., Galluzzo, A., Lisoni, J., Di Palo, P., Papalino, M., Romano, R., Pinna, F., Lai, A., di Santa Sofia, S. L., Bucci, P., Piegari, G., Brando, F., Giuliani, L., Signorelli, M. S., Poli, L. F., Martinotti, G., Pettorruso, M., Montemitro, C., Altamura, M., Malerba, S., Padalino, F., Amerio, A., Cal-Cagno, P., Zampogna, D., Giusti, L., Salza, A., Mammarella, S., Pacitti, F., Socci, V., Talevi, D., Gramaglia, C., Feggi, A., Jona, A., Favaro, A., Tenconi, E., Meneguzzo, P., Ossola, P., Tonna, M., Gerra, M. L., Carmassi, C., Gesi, C., Carpita, B., Corrivetti, G., Cascino, G., del Buono, G., Di Fabio, F., Buzzanca, A., Girardi, N., Brugnoli, R., Comparelli, A., Corigliano, V., Fagiolini, A., Bolognesi, S., Goracci, A., Di Lorenzo, G., Niolu, C., Ribolsi, M., Brasso, C., Riccardi, C., and Del Favero, E.

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schizophrenia, autism spectrum disorders, cognition, psychosocial functioning, social cognition, Adult, Male, Social Cognition, Interpersonal Relation, autism spectrum disorders, cognition, psychosocial functioning, schizophrenia, social cognition, Disease, Autism spectrum disorders, Cognition, Psychosocial functioning, Schizophrenia, Social cognition, Psychotic Disorder, behavioral disciplines and activities, 03 medical and health sciences, Interpersonal relationship, 0302 clinical medicine, mental disorders, Medicine, Humans, Interpersonal Relations, Autism spectrum disorder, Autistic Disorder, business.industry, medicine.disease, 030227 psychiatry, Psychiatry and Mental health, Multicenter study, Settore MED/25, Italy, Psychotic Disorders, Autism, Female, Verbal memory, business, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, Research Article, Clinical psychology, Human
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Background Autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) and schizophrenia spectrum disorders (SSDs), although conceptualized as separate entities, may share some clinical and neurobiological features. ASD symptoms may have a relevant role in determining a more severe clinical presentation of schizophrenic disorder but their relationships with cognitive aspects and functional outcomes of the disease remain to be addressed in large samples of individuals. Aims To investigate the clinical, cognitive, and functional correlates of ASD symptoms in a large sample of people diagnosed with schizophrenia. Methods The severity of ASD symptoms was measured with the PANSS Autism Severity Scale (PAUSS) in 921 individuals recruited for the Italian Network for Research on Psychoses multicenter study. Based on the PAUSS scores, three groups of subjects were compared on a wide array of cognitive and functional measures. Results Subjects with more severe ASD symptoms showed a poorer performance in the processing speed (p = 0.010), attention (p = 0.011), verbal memory (p = 0.035), and social cognition (p = 0.001) domains, and an overall lower global cognitive composite score (p = 0.010). Subjects with more severe ASD symptoms also showed poorer functional capacity (p = 0.004), real-world interpersonal relationships (p p Conclusions These findings strengthen the notion that ASD symptoms may have a relevant impact on different aspects of the disease, crucial to the life of people with schizophrenia. Prominent ASD symptoms may characterize a specific subpopulation of individuals with SSD.

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2020

6. The complex relationship between self-reported 'personal recovery' and clinical recovery in schizophrenia

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Rossi, A, Amore, M, Galderisi, S, Rocca, P, Bertolino, A, Aguglia, E, Amodeo, G, Bellomo, A, Bucci, P, Buzzanca, A, Carpiniello, B, Comparelli, A, Dell'Osso, L, Giannantonio, M, Mancini, M, Marchesi, C, Monteleone, P, Montemagni, C, Oldani, L, Roncone, R, Siracusano, A, Stratta, P, Tenconi, E, Vignapiano, A, Vita, A, Zeppegno, P, Maj, M, Rossetti, M, Rossi, R, Santarelli, V, Giusti, L, Malavolta, M, Salza, A, Palumbo, D, Patriarca, S, Chieffi, M, Attrotto, M, Colagiorgio, L, Andriola, I, Atti, A, Barlati, S, Deste, G, Galluzzo, A, Pinna, F, Deriu, L., Sanna, L, Signorelli, M., Minutolo, G, Cannavò, D, Martinotti, G, Acciavatti, T, Corbo, M, Altamura, M, Carnevale, R, Malerba, S, Murri, M, Calcagno, P, Bugliani, M, Serati, M, Bartolomeis, A, Gramaglia, C, Gattoni, E, Gambaro, E, Collantoni, E, Cremonese, C, Rossi, E, Ossola, P, Tonna, M, Panfilis, C, Rutigliano, G, Gesi, C, Carmassi, C, Biondi, M, Girardi, P, Brugnoli, R, Fabio, F, Pietro, S, Girardi, N, Niolu, C, Lorenzo, G, Ribolsi, M, Corrivetti, G, Pinto, G, Longobardi, N, Fagiolini, A, Goracci, A, Bolognesi, S, Bellino, S, Villari, V, Bracale, N, Rossi, A., Amore, M., Galderisi, S., Rocca, P., Bertolino, A., Aguglia, E., Amodeo, G., Bellomo, A., Bucci, P., Buzzanca, A., Carpiniello, B., Comparelli, A., Dell'Osso, L., Giannantonio, M. D., Mancini, M., Marchesi, C., Monteleone, P., Montemagni, C., Oldani, L., Roncone, R., Siracusano, A., Stratta, P., Tenconi, E., Vignapiano, A., Vita, A., Zeppegno, P., Maj, M., Rossetti, M. C., Rossi, R., Santarelli, V., Giusti, L., Malavolta, M., Salza, A., Palumbo, D., Patriarca, S., Chieffi, M., Attrotto, M. T., Colagiorgio, L., Andriola, I., Atti, A. R., Barlati, S., Deste, G., Galluzzo, A., Pinna, F., Deriu, L., Sanna, L., Signorelli, M. S., Minutolo, G., Cannavo, D., Martinotti, G., Acciavatti, T., Corbo, M., Altamura, M., Carnevale, R., Malerba, S., Murri, M. B., Calcagno, P., Bugliani, M., Serati, M., Bartolomeis, A., Gramaglia, C., Gattoni, E., Gambaro, E., Collantoni, E., Cremonese, C., Rossi, E., Ossola, P., Tonna, M., Panfilis, C. D., Rutigliano, G., Gesi, C., Carmassi, C., Biondi, M., Girardi, P., Brugnoli, R., Fabio, F. D., Pietro, S. D., Girardi, N., Niolu, C., Lorenzo, G. D., Ribolsi, M., Corrivetti, G., Pinto, G., Longobardi, N., Fagiolini, A., Goracci, A., Bolognesi, S., Bellino, S., Villari, V., and Bracale, N.

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Adult, Male, Schizophrenia, Personal recovery, Clinical recovery, Insight, Recovery styles, Cluster analysis, Clinical recovery, Coping (psychology), Cross-sectional study, Recovery style, 03 medical and health sciences, Diagnostic Self Evaluation, 0302 clinical medicine, Cluster analysis, Recovery styles, Insight, Personal recovery, Schizophrenia, Cluster Analysis, Cross-Sectional Studies, Female, Humans, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Self Report, Recovery of Function, Schizophrenic Psychology, Cluster analysi, Self report, Settore MED/25 - Psichiatria, Biological Psychiatry, 030227 psychiatry, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Psychiatric status rating scales, Biological psychiatry, Psychology, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, Clinical psychology
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Self-reported 'personal recovery' and clinical recovery in schizophrenia (SRPR and CR. respectively) reflect different perspectives in schizophrenia outcome, not necessarily concordant with each other and usually representing the consumer's or the therapist's point of view. By means of a cluster analysis on SRPR related variables, we identified three dusters. The first and third cluster included subjects with the best and the poorest clinical outcome respectively. The second cluster was characterized by better insight, higher levels of depression and stigma, lowest self-esteem and personal strength, and highest emotional coping. The first duster showed positive features of recovery, while the third duster showed negative features. The second cluster, with the most positive insight, showed a more complex pattern, a some-what 'paradoxical' mixture of positive and negative personal and clinical features of recovery. The present results suggest the need for a characterization of persons with schizophrenia along SRPR and CR dimensions to design individualized and integrated treatment programs aimed to improve insight and coping strategies, reduce stigma and shape recovery styles. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Published
2018

7. Suizidversuche bei Affektiven Störungen in der Notaufnahme

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Pompili, Maurizio, Innamorati, M., Giupponi, G., Pycha, R., Serafini, Gianluca, DEL CASALE, Antonio, Dominici, Giovanni, Iacorossi, G., Forte, Alberto, Girardi, N., Ferracuti, Stefano, and Tatarelli, Roberto

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utilization, numerical data, cross-sectional studies, attempted, major, psychology/statistics /&amp, anxiety disorders, male, depressive disorder, epidemiology/psychology, italy, middle aged, odds ratio, risk factors, schizophrenic psychology, hospital, humans, suicide, bipolar disorder, emergency service, adult, risk assessment, schizophrenia, Psychiatry and Mental health, Clinical Psychology, aged, female, epidemiology, psychology/statistics /&/ numerical data
Published
2010

8. The impact of social cognition deficits on real life functioning in 22q11.2 deletion syndrome: A comparative study with a large population of patients with schizophrenia.

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Accinni, T., Frascarelli, M., Buzzanca, A., Ghezzi, F., Carlone, L., Panzera, A., Moschillo, A., Girardi, N., and Fabio, F. Di

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DIGEORGE syndrome, 22Q11 deletion syndrome, SOCIAL perception, PEOPLE with schizophrenia, EMOTION recognition, MAYER-Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser syndrome, COMPARATIVE studies
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Introduction: 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome (22q11.2DS) represents a congenital syndrome with several clinical features. It entails a 25% risk of psychotic onset in lifespan. 22q11.2DS is a reliable model for biological vulnerability to schizophrenia. Objectives: With the hypothesis of similar impairments in schizophrenia and 22q11DS, to investigate a possible correlation between Social Cognition (SC) and Interpersonal Functioning (FU). Methods: Sample consists of 1735 adults: 893 schizophrenic subjects (SCZ); 18 with 22q11.2DS and psychosis (DEL_SCZ); 44 22q11.2DS individuals (DEL); 780 healthy controls (HC). SCZ and HC data come from a multicentric study by Network for Research on Psychoses. SC was assessed with The Awareness of Social Interference Test (TASIT, consisting of three sections: T1= Emotion Recognition; T2=Minimal Social Inference; T3=Social Inference Enriched). The Specific Levels of Functioning (SLOF) interview was employed. Results: DEL_SCZ (p<0.001) and SCZ (p<0.001) showed impairments in each TASIT sections compared to HC. Significant deficits in interpersonal functioning area were found in SCZ (p<0.001) compared to HC. The interpersonal functioning domain showed a positive correlation with SC in HC (T1: r=0.097; p<0.001; T2: r=0.120; p=0.001; T3: r=0.121; p=0.001); DEL (T1: r=0.380; p=0.024; T2: r=0.466; p=0.005) and SCZ (T1: r=0.113, p=0.001; T2: r=0.110, p=0.001; T3: r=0.134; p<0.001). Conclusions: SC deficits both in subjects with 22q11.2DS and in people with schizophrenia suggest a role of endophenotypes. SC is directly correlated to interpersonal functioning in 22q11.2DS without psychosis and people with schizophrenia. DEL_SCZ may suffer from deeper cognitive and symptomatic conditions that both impact differently on FU. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2021
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9. Accuracy of self-assessment of real-life functioning in schizophrenia

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Rocca, Paola, Brasso, Claudio, Montemagni, Cristiana, Bellino, Silvio, Rossi, Alessandro, Bertolino, Alessandro, Gibertoni, Dino, Aguglia, Eugenio, Amore, Mario, Andriola, Ileana, Bellomo, Antonello, Bucci, Paola, Buzzanca, Antonino, Carpiniello, Bernardo, Cuomo, Alessandro, Dell'Osso, Liliana, Favaro, Angela, Giordano, Giulia Maria, Marchesi, Carlo, Monteleone, Palmiero, Oldani, Lucio, Pompili, Maurizio, Roncone, Rita, Rossi, Rodolfo, Siracusano, Alberto, Vita, Antonio, Zeppegno, Patrizia, Galderisi, Silvana, Maj, Mario, Bozzatello, Paola, Badino, Cristina, Giordano, Benedetta, Di Palo, Piergiuseppe, Calia, Vitalba, Papalino, Marco, Barlati, Stefano, Deste, Giacomo, Ceraso, Anna, Pinna, Federica, Olivieri, Benedetta, Manca, Daniela, Piegari, Giuseppe, Brando, Francesco, Giuliani, Luigi, Aiello, Carmen, Fusar Poli, Laura, Concerto, Carmen, Surace, Teresa, Altamura, Mario, Malerba, Stefania, Padalino, Flavia, Calcagno, Pietro, Belvederi Murri, Martino, Amerio, Andrea, Pacitti, Francesca, Socci, Valentina, Lucaselli, Alessia, Giusti, Laura, Salza, Anna, Ussorio, Donatella, Iasevoli, Felice, Gramaglia, Carla, Gambaro, Eleonora, Gattoni, Eleonora, Tenconi, Elena, Collantoni, Enrico, Meneguzzo, Paolo, Ossola, Paolo, Tonna, Matteo, Gerra, Maria Lidia, Carmassi, Claudia, Carpita, Barbara, Cremone, Ivan Mirko, Corrivetti, Giulio, Cascino, Giammarco, Marciello, Francesca, Brugnoli, Roberto, Comparelli, Anna, Corigliano, Valentina, Girardi, Nicoletta, Accinni, Tommaso, Carlone, Luca, Fagiolini, Andrea, Goracci, Arianna, Bolognesi, Simone, Di Lorenzo, Giorgio, Niolu, Cinzia, Ribolsi, Michele, Rocca, P., Brasso, C., Montemagni, C., Bellino, S., Rossi, A., Bertolino, A., Gibertoni, D., Aguglia, E., Amore, M., Andriola, I., Bellomo, A., Bucci, P., Buzzanca, A., Carpiniello, B., Cuomo, A., Dell'Osso, L., Favaro, A., Giordano, G. M., Marchesi, C., Monteleone, P., Oldani, L., Pompili, M., Roncone, R., Rossi, R., Siracusano, A., Vita, A., Zeppegno, P., Galderisi, S., Maj, M., Bozzatello, P., Badino, C., Giordano, B., Di Palo, P., Calia, V., Papalino, M., Barlati, S., Deste, G., Ceraso, A., Pinna, F., Olivieri, B., Manca, D., Piegari, G., Brando, F., Giuliani, L., Aiello, C., Poli, L. F., Concerto, C., Surace, T., Altamura, M., Malerba, S., Padalino, F., Calcagno, P., Murri, M. B., Amerio, A., Pacitti, F., Socci, V., Lucaselli, A., Giusti, L., Salza, A., Ussorio, D., Iasevoli, F., Gramaglia, C., Gambaro, E., Gattoni, E., Tenconi, E., Collantoni, E., Meneguzzo, P., Ossola, P., Tonna, M., Gerra, M. L., Carmassi, C., Carpita, B., Cremone, I. M., Corrivetti, G., Cascino, G., Marciello, F., Brugnoli, R., Comparelli, A., Corigliano, V., Girardi, N., Accinni, T., Carlone, L., Fagiolini, A., Goracci, A., Bolognesi, S., Di Lorenzo, G., Niolu, C., Ribolsi, M., Rocca P., Brasso C., Montemagni C., Bellino S., Rossi A., Bertolino A., Gibertoni D., Aguglia E., Amore M., Andriola I., Bellomo A., Bucci P., Buzzanca A., Carpiniello B., Cuomo A., Dell'Osso L., Favaro A., Giordano G.M., Marchesi C., Monteleone P., Oldani L., Pompili M., Roncone R., Rossi R., Siracusano A., Vita A., Zeppegno P., Galderisi S., Maj M., Bozzatello P., Badino C., Giordano B., Di Palo P., Calia V., Papalino M., Barlati S., Deste G., Ceraso A., Pinna F., Olivieri B., Manca D., Piegari G., Brando F., Giuliani L., Aiello C., Poli L.F., Concerto C., Surace T., Altamura M., Malerba S., Padalino F., Calcagno P., Murri M.B., Amerio A., Pacitti F., Socci V., Lucaselli A., Giusti L., Salza A., Ussorio D., Iasevoli F., Gramaglia C., Gambaro E., Gattoni E., Tenconi E., Collantoni E., Meneguzzo P., Ossola P., Tonna M., Gerra M.L., Carmassi C., Carpita B., Cremone I.M., Corrivetti G., Cascino G., Marciello F., Brugnoli R., Comparelli A., Corigliano V., Girardi N., Accinni T., Carlone L., Fagiolini A., Goracci A., Bolognesi S., Di Lorenzo G., Niolu C., and Ribolsi M.

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Self-assessment, medicine.medical_treatment, Concordance, RC435-571, schizophrenia, real-life functioning, reliability, Article, Correlation, 03 medical and health sciences, Interpersonal relationship, 0302 clinical medicine, medicine, 030212 general & internal medicine, Self-assessment, schizophrenia, diagnosis, Psychiatry, Rehabilitation, medicine.disease, Psychosis, 030227 psychiatry, Psychiatry and Mental health, Settore MED/25, Schizophrenia, Cohort, Work Skills, Psychology, Clinical psychology
Abstract

A consensus has not yet been reached regarding the accuracy of people with schizophrenia in self-reporting their real-life functioning. In a large (n = 618) cohort of stable, community-dwelling schizophrenia patients we sought to: (1) examine the concordance of patients’ reports of their real-life functioning with the reports of their key caregiver; (2) identify which patient characteristics are associated to the differences between patients and informants. Patient-caregiver concordance of the ratings in three Specific Level of Functioning Scale (SLOF) domains (interpersonal relationships, everyday life skills, work skills) was evaluated with matched-pair t tests, the Lin’s concordance correlation, Somers’ D, and Bland–Altman plots with limits of agreement (LOA). Predictors of the patient-caregiver differences in SLOF ratings were assessed with a linear regression with multivariable fractional polynomials. Patients’ self-evaluation of functioning was higher than caregivers’ in all the evaluated domains of the SLOF and 17.6% of the patients exceeded the LOA, thus providing a self-evaluation discordant from their key caregivers. The strongest predictors of patient-caregiver discrepancies were caregivers’ ratings in each SLOF domain. In clinically stable outpatients with a moderate degree of functional impairment, self-evaluation with the SLOF scale can become a useful, informative and reliable clinical tool to design a tailored rehabilitation program.

Published
2021

10. The interplay among psychopathology, personal resources, context-related factors and real-life functioning in schizophrenia: stability in relationships after 4 years and differences in network structure between recovered and non-recovered patients

Author

Galderisi, Silvana, Rucci, Paola, Mucci, Armida, Rossi, Alessandro, Rocca, Paola, Bertolino, Alessandro, Aguglia, Eugenio, Amore, Mario, Bellomo, Antonello, Bozzatello, Paola, Bucci, Paola, Carpiniello, Bernardo, Collantoni, Enrico, Cuomo, Alessandro, Dell'Osso, Liliana, Di Fabio, Fabio, di Giannantonio, Massimo, Gibertoni, Dino, Giordano, Giulia Maria, Marchesi, Carlo, Monteleone, Palmiero, Oldani, Lucio, Pompili, Maurizio, Roncone, Rita, Rossi, Rodolfo, Siracusano, Alberto, Vita, Antonio, Zeppegno, Patrizia, Maj, Mario, Italian Network for Research on Psychoses, Francesco, Catapano, Giuseppe, Piegari, Carmen, Aiello, Francesco, Brando, Luigi, Giuliani, Daria, Pietrafesa, Marco, Papalino, Giovanni, Mercadante, Piergiuseppe, Di Palo, Stefano, Barlati, Giacomo, Deste, Paolo, Valsecchi, Federica, Pinna, Benedetta, Olivieri, Daniela, Manca, Maria Salvina, Signorelli, Laura, Fusar Poli, Domenico, De Berardis, Silvia, Fraticelli, Mariangela, Corbo, Stefano, Pallanti, Mario, Altamura, Raffaella, Carnevale, Stefania, Malerba, Pietro, Calcagno, Domenico, Zampogna, Alessandro, Corso, Giusti, Laura, Salza, Anna, Ussorio, Donatella, Talevi, Dalila, Socci, Valentina, Pacitti, Francesca, Andrea, de Bartolomeis, Carla, Gramaglia, Eleonora, Gambaro, Eleonora, Gattoni, Angela, Favaro, Elena, Tenconi, Paolo, Meneguzzo, Matteo, Tonna, Paolo, Ossola, Maria Lidia, Gerra, Claudia, Carmassi, Ivan, Cremone, Barbara, Carpita, Nicoletta, Girardi, Marianna, Frascarelli, Antonio, Buzzanca, Roberto, Brugnoli, Anna, Comparelli, Valentina, Corigliano, Giorgio, Di Lorenzo, Cinzia, Niolu, Michele, Ribolsi, Giulio, Corrivetti, Giammarco, Cascino, Gianfranco, del Buono, Simone, Bolognesi, Andrea, Fagiolini, Arianna, Goracci, Silvio, Bellino, Cristiana, Montemagni, Claudio, Brasso, Galderisi, S., Rucci, P., Mucci, A., Rossi, A., Rocca, P., Bertolino, A., Aguglia, E., Amore, M., Bellomo, A., Bozzatello, P., Bucci, P., Carpiniello, B., Collantoni, E., Cuomo, A., Dell'Osso, L., Di Fabio, F., Di Giannantonio, M., Gibertoni, D., Giordano, G. M., Marchesi, C., Monteleone, P., Oldani, L., Pompili, M., Roncone, R., Rossi, R., Siracusano, A., Vita, A., Zeppegno, P., Maj, M., Catapano, F., Piegari, G., Aiello, C., Brando, F., Giuliani, L., Pietrafesa, D., Papalino, M., Mercadante, G., Di Palo, P., Barlati, S., Deste, G., Valsecchi, P., Pinna, F., Olivieri, B., Manca, D., Signorelli, M. S., Poli, L. F., De Berardis, D., Fraticelli, S., Corbo, M., Pallanti, S., Altamura, M., Carnevale, R., Malerba, S., Calcagno, P., Zampogna, D., Corso, A., Giusti, L., Salza, A., Ussorio, D., Talevi, D., Socci, V., Pacitti, F., de Bartolomeis, A., Gramaglia, C., Gambaro, E., Gattoni, E., Favaro, A., Tenconi, E., Meneguzzo, P., Tonna, M., Ossola, P., Gerra, M. L., Carmassi, C., Cremone, I., Carpita, B., Girardi, N., Frascarelli, M., Buzzanca, A., Brugnoli, R., Comparelli, A., Corigliano, V., Di Lorenzo, G., Niolu, C., Ribolsi, M., Corrivetti, G., Cascino, G., Del Buono, G., Bolognesi, S., Fagiolini, A., Goracci, A., Bellino, S., Montemagni, C., Brasso, C., di Giannantonio, M., Fusar Poli, L., del Buono, G., Galderisi S., Rucci P., Mucci A., Rossi A., Rocca P., Bertolino A., Aguglia E., Amore M., Bellomo A., Bozzatello P., Bucci P., Carpiniello B., Collantoni E., Cuomo A., Dell'osso L., Di Fabio F., Di Giannantonio M., Gibertoni D., Giordano G.M., Marchesi C., Monteleone P., Oldani L., Pompili M., Roncone R., Rossi R., Siracusano A., Vita A., Zeppegno P., Maj M., Catapano F., Piegari G., Aiello C., Brando F., Giuliani L., Pietrafesa D., Papalino M., Mercadante G., Di Palo P., Barlati S., Deste G., Valsecchi P., Pinna F., Olivieri B., Manca D., Signorelli M.S., Poli L.F., De Berardis D., Fraticelli S., Corbo M., Pallanti S., Altamura M., Carnevale R., Malerba S., Calcagno P., Zampogna D., Corso A., Giusti L., Salza A., Ussorio D., Talevi D., Socci V., Pacitti F., de Bartolomeis A., Gramaglia C., Gambaro E., Gattoni E., Favaro A., Tenconi E., Meneguzzo P., Tonna M., Ossola P., Gerra M.L., Carmassi C., Cremone I., Carpita B., Girardi N., Frascarelli M., Buzzanca A., Brugnoli R., Comparelli A., Corigliano V., Di Lorenzo G., Niolu C., Ribolsi M., Corrivetti G., Cascino G., Del Buono G., Bolognesi S., Fagiolini A., Goracci A., Bellino S., Montemagni C., and Brasso C.

Subjects
Schizophrenia, everyday life skills, functional capacity, internalized stigma, network analysis, personal resources, psychopathology, real-life functioning, recovery, Closeness, Context (language use), 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Betweenness centrality, medicine, network analysi, Everyday life, Baseline (configuration management), personal resource, Research Reports, medicine.disease, 030227 psychiatry, Psychiatry and Mental health, Settore MED/25, everyday life skill, Pshychiatric Mental Health, Psychology, Centrality, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, Psychopathology, Clinical psychology
Abstract

Improving real-life functioning is the main goal of the most advanced integrated treatment programs in people with schizophrenia. The Italian Network for Research on Psychoses previously explored, by using network analysis, the interplay among illness-related variables, personal resources, context-related factors and real-life functioning in a large sample of patients with schizophrenia. The same research network has now completed a 4-year follow-up of the original sample. In the present study, we used network analysis to test whether the pattern of relationships among all variables investigated at baseline was similar at follow-up. In addition, we compared the network structure of patients who were classified as recovered at follow-up versus those who did not recover. Six hundred eighteen subjects recruited at baseline could be assessed in the follow-up study. The network structure did not change significantly from baseline to follow-up, and the overall strength of the connections among variables increased slightly, but not significantly. Functional capacity and everyday life skills had a high betweenness and closeness in the network at follow-up, as they had at baseline, while psychopathological variables remained more peripheral. The network structure and connectivity of non-recovered patients were similar to those observed in the whole sample, but very different from those in recovered subjects, in which we found few connections only. These data strongly suggest that tightly coupled symptoms/dysfunctions tend to maintain each other's activation, contributing to poor outcome in schizophrenia. Early and integrated treatment plans, targeting variables with high centrality, might prevent the emergence of self-reinforcing networks of symptoms and dysfunctions in people with schizophrenia.

Published
2020

11. Social Cognition Impairments in 22q11.2DS Individuals With and Without Psychosis: A Comparison Study With a Large Population of Patients With Schizophrenia

Author

Tommaso Accinni, Antonino Buzzanca, Marianna Frascarelli, Luca Carlone, Francesco Ghezzi, Georgios D Kotzalidis, Paola Bucci, Giulia Maria Giordano, Nicoletta Girardi, Alessia Panzera, Simone Montaldo, Martina Fanella, Carlo Di Bonaventura, Carolina Putotto, Paolo Versacci, Bruno Marino, Massimo Pasquini, Massimo Biondi, Fabio Di Fabio, Accinni, T., Buzzanca, A., Frascarelli, M., Carlone, L., Ghezzi, F., Kotzalidis, G. D., Bucci, P., Giordano, G. M., Girardi, N., Panzera, A., Montaldo, S., Fanella, M., Di Bonaventura, C., Putotto, C., Versacci, P., Marino, B., Pasquini, M., Biondi, M., and Di Fabio, F.

Subjects
Psychosis, medicine.medical_specialty, neurocognition, Large population, 22q11 2ds, social cognition, medicine.disease, 22q11.2 deletion syndrome (22q11.2DS), Italian Network for Research on Psychoses, schizophrenia, Psychiatry and Mental health, Social cognition, Schizophrenia, social inference, medicine, Comparison study, psychosis, theory of mind, Psychiatry, Psychology
Abstract

Background 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome (22q11DS) represents one of the most important genetic risk factors for schizophrenia (SCZ) and a reliable biological model to study endophenotypic characters of SCZ. The aim of the study was to investigate Social Cognition impairments in subjects with 22q11.2DS compared to a considerable sample of schizophrenic patients. Methods Forty-four individuals with 22q11.2DS (DEL) and 18 patients with 22q11.2DS and psychosis (DEL_SCZ) were enrolled; these groups were compared to 887 patients with schizophrenia (SCZ) and 780 healthy controls (HCs); the latter groups were recruited by the Italian Network for Research on Psychoses (NIRP) to which our Centre took part. Social cognition was evaluated through The Awareness of Social Inference Test (TASIT). A resampling procedure was employed to balance differences in samples size. Results All clinical groups (DEL; DEL_SCZ; and SCZ) showed worse performance on TASIT than HCs, except in Sincere scale. No differences between-clinical groups were found, except for Simple Sarcasm, Paradoxical Sarcasm and Enriched Sarcasm scales. Conclusions SC was impaired in individuals with 22q11.2DS regardless of psychotic symptomatology, similarly to people with SCZ. Therefore, SC deficits may represent potential endophenotypes of SCZ contributing to the vulnerability to psychosis.

Published
2022

12. Premorbid academic and social functioning in patients with schizophrenia and its associations with negative symptoms and cognition

Author

Bucci, P., Galderisi, S., Mucci, A., Rossi, A., Rocca, P., Bertolino, A., Aguglia, E., Amore, M., Andriola, I., Bellomo, A., Biondi, M., Cuomo, A., Dell'Osso, L., Favaro, A., Gambi, F., Giordano, G. M., Girardi, P., Marchesi, C., Monteleone, P., Montemagni, C., Niolu, C., Oldani, L., Pacitti, F., Pinna, F., Roncone, R., Vita, A., Zeppegno, P., Maj, M., Patriarca, Sara, Pietrafesa, Daria, Aiello, Carmen, Longo, Luisa, Barone, Marina, Romano, Raffaella, Atti, Anna Rita, Barlati, Stefano, Deste, Giacomo, Valsecchi, Paolo, Carpiniello, Bernardo, Tusconi, Massimo, Puddu, Laura, Signorelli, Maria Salvina, Cannavò, Dario, Minutolo, Giuseppe, Corbo, Mariangela, Montemitro, Chiara, Baroni, Gaia, Altamura, Mario, La Montagna, Maddalena, Carnevale, Raffaella, Murri, Martino Belvederi, Calcagno, Pietro, Bugliani, Michele, Pizziconi, Giulia, Logozzo, Francesca, Rossi, Rodolfo, Giusti, Laura, Salza, Anna, Malavolta, Maurizio, Orsenigo, Giulia, Grassi, Silvia, De Bartolomeis, Andrea, Gramaglia, Carla, Gattoni, Eleonora, Gambaro, Eleonora, Tenconi, Elena, Ferronato, Luisa, Collantoni, Enrico, Tonna, Matteo, Ossola, Paolo, Gerra, Maria Lidia, Carmassi, Claudia, Cremone, Ivan Mirko, Carpita, Barbara, Buzzanca, Antonio, Girardi, Nicoletta, Frascarelli, Marianna, Del Casale, Antonio, Comparelli, Anna, Corigliano, Valentina, Siracusano, Alberto, Di Lorenzo, Giorgio, Ribolsi, Michele, Corrivetti, Giulio, Bartoli, Luca, Del Buono, Gianfranco, Fagiolini, Andrea, Bolognesi, Simone, Goracci, Arianna, Mancini, Irene, Bava, Irene, Cardillo, Simona, Bucci P., Galderisi S., Mucci A., Rossi A., Rocca P., Bertolino A., Aguglia E., Amore M., Andriola I., Bellomo A., Biondi M., Cuomo A., dell'Osso L., Favaro A., Gambi F., Giordano G.M., Girardi P., Marchesi C., Monteleone P., Montemagni C., Niolu C., Oldani L., Pacitti F., Pinna F., Roncone R., Vita A., Zeppegno P., Maj M., Patriarca S., Pietrafesa D., Aiello C., Longo L., Barone M., Romano R., Atti A.R., Barlati S., Deste G., Valsecchi P., Carpiniello B., Tusconi M., Puddu L., Signorelli M.S., Cannavo D., Minutolo G., Corbo M., Montemitro C., Baroni G., Altamura M., La Montagna M., Carnevale R., Murri M.B., Calcagno P., Bugliani M., Pizziconi G., Logozzo F., Rossi R., Giusti L., Salza A., Malavolta M., Orsenigo G., Grassi S., De Bartolomeis A., Gramaglia C., Gattoni E., Gambaro E., Tenconi E., Ferronato L., Collantoni E., Tonna M., Ossola P., Gerra M.L., Carmassi C., Cremone I.M., Carpita B., Buzzanca A., Girardi N., Frascarelli M., Del Casale A., Comparelli A., Corigliano V., Siracusano A., Di Lorenzo G., Ribolsi M., Corrivetti G., Bartoli L., Del Buono G., Fagiolini A., Bolognesi S., Goracci A., Mancini I., Bava I., Cardillo S., Bucci, P., Galderisi, S., Mucci, A., Rossi, A., Rocca, P., Bertolino, A., Aguglia, E., Amore, M., Andriola, I., Bellomo, A., Biondi, Maria, Cuomo, Anna, Dell'Osso, L., Favaro, A., Gambi, F., Giordano, G. M., Girardi, P., Marchesi, C., Monteleone, P., Montemagni, C., Niolu, C., Oldani, L., Pacitti, F., Pinna, F., Roncone, R., DE VITA, Anna, Zeppegno, P., Maj, M., Patriarca, Sara, Pietrafesa, Daria, Aiello, Carmen, Longo, Luisa, Barone, Marina, Romano, Raffaella, Atti, Anna Rita, Barlati, Stefano, Deste, Giacomo, Valsecchi, Paolo, Carpiniello, Bernardo, Tusconi, Massimo, Puddu, Laura, Signorelli, Maria Salvina, Cannavò, Dario, Minutolo, Giuseppe, Corbo, Mariangela, Montemitro, Chiara, Baroni, Gaia, Altamura, Mario, La Montagna, Maddalena, Carnevale, Raffaella, Murri, Martino Belvederi, Calcagno, Pietro, Bugliani, Michele, Pizziconi, Giulia, Logozzo, Francesca, Rossi, Rodolfo, Giusti, Laura, Salza, Anna, Malavolta, Maurizio, Orsenigo, Giulia, Grassi, Silvia, De Bartolomeis, Andrea, Gramaglia, Carla, Gattoni, Eleonora, Gambaro, Eleonora, Tenconi, Elena, Ferronato, Luisa, Collantoni, Enrico, Tonna, Matteo, Ossola, Paolo, Gerra, Maria Lidia, Carmassi, Claudia, Cremone, Ivan Mirko, Carpita, Barbara, Buzzanca, Antonio, Girardi, Nicoletta, Frascarelli, Marianna, Del Casale, Antonio, Comparelli, Anna, Corigliano, Valentina, Siracusano, Alberto, Di Lorenzo, Giorgio, Ribolsi, Michele, Corrivetti, Giulio, Bartoli, Luca, Del Buono, Gianfranco, Fagiolini, Andrea, Bolognesi, Simone, Goracci, Arianna, Mancini, Irene, Bava, Irene, Cardillo, Simona, Biondi, M., Cuomo, A., Vita, A., and Casale, Antonio

Subjects
Male, avolition, Severity of Illness Index, cognitive functioning, 0302 clinical medicine, Cognition, Academic Performance, Medicine, Psychopathology, Depression, primary negative symptoms, Middle Aged, Psychiatric Status Rating Scale, avolition, cognitive functioning, poor emotion expression, premorbid adjustment, primary negative symptoms, poor emotion expression, premorbid adjustment, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Memory, Short-Term, Schizophrenia, Female, Schizophrenic Psychology, medicine.symptom, Psychosocial, Social Adjustment, Clinical psychology, Human, Adult, primary negative symptom, 03 medical and health sciences, Cognition Disorder, Memory, Social cognition, Humans, Cognitive Dysfunction, Cognitive skill, Social Behavior, Aged, Cognition Disorders, Motivation, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Settore MED/25 - Psichiatria, Avolition, business.industry, medicine.disease, 030227 psychiatry, Short-Term, business, Neurocognitive, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Abstract

Objective The study aimed to explore premorbid academic and social functioning in patients with schizophrenia, and its associations with the severity of negative symptoms and neurocognitive impairment. Method Premorbid adjustment (PA) in patients with schizophrenia was compared to early adjustment in unaffected first-degree relatives and healthy controls. Its associations with psychopathology, cognition, and real-life functioning were investigated. The associations of PA with primary negative symptoms and their two factors were explored. Results We found an impairment of academic and social PA in patients (P ≤ 0.000001) and an impairment of academic aspects of early adjustment in relatives (P ≤ 0.01). Patients with poor PA showed greater severity of negative symptoms (limited to avolition after excluding the effect of depression/parkinsonism), working memory, social cognition, and real-life functioning (P ≤ 0.01 to ≤0.000001). Worse academic and social PA were associated with greater severity of psychopathology, cognitive impairment, and real-life functioning impairment (P ≤ 0.000001). Regression analyses showed that worse PA in the academic domain was mainly associated to the impairment of working memory, whereas worse PA in the social domain to avolition (P ≤ 0.000001). Conclusion Our findings suggest that poor early adjustment may represent a marker of vulnerability to schizophrenia and highlight the need for preventive/early interventions based on psychosocial and/or cognitive programs.

Published
2018

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