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Keith Gaynor1, Barbara Dooley, Elizabeth Lawlor
1School of Psychology, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland. keith.gaynor@gmail.com
Aim:
To examine the relationship between cognitive deterioration and the duration of untreated psychosis (DUP) in a first-episode psychosis sample.
Method:
We assessed a consecutive sample of first-episode psychosis participants (N = 50) with measures of cognitive deterioration and DUP.
Results:
Using correlations and stepwise linear regressions, we found strong relationships between DUP and measures of cognitive deterioration.
Conclusions:
The length of DUP predicted cognitive deterioration. These results highlight a potential DUP grace period (>6 months) in which significant cognitive deterioration may be averted.
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