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  • Clinical Psychology

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  • Schizophrenia spectrum disorders (SSD) present with significant clinical heterogeneity, complicating pathophysiology understanding.
  • Identifying distinct patient profiles within SSD is crucial for targeted interventions and research.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate if delusion subtypes in SSD can delineate clinically differentiable patient profiles.
  • To explore the relationship between delusion subtypes and clinical, cognitive, and substance use characteristics.

Main Methods:

  • Factor analysis and k-means clustering were used to identify delusion factors and patient subtypes from the Peters et al. Delusions Inventory (PDI-21) in 286 SSD patients.
  • Patients were assessed using the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale, Brief Negative Symptom Scale, cognitive tasks (Digit Symbol, Digit Substitution), and substance use history.

Main Results:

  • Four patient subtypes emerged: Low-Delusion, Grandiose-Predominant, Paranoid-Predominant, and Pan-Delusion.
  • Paranoid-Predominant and Pan-Delusion subtypes had higher positive symptom burden; Low-Delusion subtype had higher negative symptom burden.
  • Paranoid-Predominant patients showed better cognitive performance and higher rates of lifetime Cannabis Use Disorder; Grandiose-Predominant patients had higher tobacco smoking severity.

Conclusions:

  • Delusion self-report inventories like the PDI-21 can aid in identifying clinically relevant sub-syndromes within SSD.
  • A Paranoid-Predominant subtype appears particularly distinctive, characterized by reduced cognitive impairment and a notable association with cannabis use.